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Despite the similarity of their main common names, botanically not an ash genus Fraxinus. Instead, …
Part of 🗻︎ mountain-ash / rowan genus Sorbus, which together with its sister-genus mentioned above, are both in 🌹︎ rose family Rosaceae, and 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose order Rosales.
Native to 🇪🇺 Europe and central Asia. 🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key). Invasive > 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada+USA Invasive > report it! Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > Michigan
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Traditionally, Europeans made items from this tree to protect them from evil sprits or malevolent beings. Or from getting lost. Confused as to whether this applies to pedestrians or sailors, I would rather rely on 🗺🧭 map and compass, or 🛰📱︎ satellite navigation.
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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🌿︎ compound ▲▲ toothed 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds w/2 ⨇ scales 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, large terminal buds