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    For the signs to look out for on your travels.

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    It's very sad.

    I'm not sure if the Rowan (known as Mountain Ash down here) is also endangered.

    Do you know?

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    Don't think the Rowan is affected by the outbreak Catherine. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)
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    Thanks, Rolf! I am so relieved!

    Not only do we have a little Rowan here which we brought down from Scotland ('to keep evil spirits away'*!), but a great deal of Rowans mix with Scots Pines and Birches on the Highland landscape, being a major source of food for northern birds of the thrush family. Their extinction would also have meant a major and rather sad change to the Scottish scene.

    I know that Rowans are from the genus Sorbus, and see now that ordinary Ash trees are Fraxinus types. Quite a relief!

    (I also see that it is mentioned on other pages linked to your link that it is only on the Isle of Man where such beliefs are still practised, but I can honestly tell you that you'll find few Scottish gardens which do not have a Rowan in them - no matter what the reasons for that are given!)

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