(In the 🇬🇧 UK, this genus is called rowan.) In 🇮🇪 Ireland and 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 North America, this genus is called mountain-ash; despite this, 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 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA, east of the Mississippi River.
🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48),
🗺 map (North America, Central America), 
🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
Sorbus hosts caterpillars of 67 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.
Has brilliant 🍇︎ berry clusters, orange-red, enjoyed by 🐦︎ birds.
Planted as an ornamental.