Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Crop Wild Relative Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

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Scientific Name Sorbus aucuparia

Common Name Rowan

Taxon Version Key NBNSYS0000003438 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Mountain Ash , Pyrus aucuparia (L.) Ehrh., Quicken-tree , Sorbus aucuparia

Designations N/A

Abbreviation soauc

Authority L.

Group Flowering plant

Rank Species

Number Of Records 145

Number Of 10Km Squares 93

Number Of 50Km Squares 34

Oldest Record 09/06/2011

Newest Record 09/09/2015

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 1 January (recorded in 1988)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 29 December (recorded in 2019)

Species Profiles

Citation National Biodiversity Data Centre, Irish Crop Wild Relative Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/73/Species/28951

Species Detail - Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Crop Wild Relative Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)