Bark – light gray with lenticels. Mountain ash is a moderately sized woody plant native to Maine. Despite its name, it is unrelated to the Oleaceae (Ash) family. Instead, it is part of the Rosaceae ...

is an ornamental tree with edible but bitter berries. But its cousin, Europe's mountain ash or rowan tree ( S. aucuparia ) offers beauty and much more palatable berries with a zingy flavor.

Tucked among scattered pine and cypress trees near Orlando, a 175-foot-tall mountain of coal ash looms as a stark representation of our booming region’s reliance on fossil fuels. The mound is ...