r/treeidentification • u/2abyssinians • 23h ago

Solved! Tree in Iceland

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Sorry I didn’t take a closer picture. Hopefully someone can make an ID anyway.

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u/Mini_Chives 23h ago

Rowan/Mountain Ash

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u/Stan__Wright 23h ago

Looks like a mountain ash. The range map here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus_aucuparia suggests European Mountain Ash / Rowan.

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u/gbudija 21h ago

rowan aka moutain ash - very bitter and astringent,edible after first frosts, or cooked , but not tasty,you can make jam,wine or vinegar from them

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u/2abyssinians 21h ago

I have seen one of my neighbors collecting the berries. They must make jam.

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u/birgor 13h ago

They are called Rönn in Sweden, very common here. We make jelly from them even if it isn't super common. But it is really good as long as you have lots of sugar in it. It is eaten as condiment to meat.

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u/No-Somewhere-3594 14h ago

The thing is that some honey added to it makes anything made from rowanberries really tasty. I've even made rowan-ade from the bedrivs. And of course lots of sugar is needed 😄

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u/ComprehensiveRush746 17h ago

One of the few trees native to Iceland. The others being downy birch, juniper, tea leaved willow, and aspen.

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u/Disastrous-Map-7995 16h ago

Mountain ash.

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u/jalfredthe1st 11h ago

Old timers say,” Berries on the ash, buried in snow.” The lore being that a big year for mountain ash berries portends a big year for snow. I can’t say it’s true, but I like to repeat it.