JOSEPH ROCK'S ROWAN
Sorbus joseph Rock
Rose [Rosaceae] 
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| 17th Oct 2003, Valley of Desolation, nr. Bolton Abbey, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
| Up to 12m tall. The scarlet red autumn leaves were the result of a sultory hot and sunny summer. |
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| 17th Oct 2003, Valley of Desolation, nr. Bolton Abbey, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
| The only? Rowan Tree species to have primrose-yellow coloured berries. |
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| 17th Oct 2003, Valley of Desolation, nr. Bolton Abbey, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
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| 20th Oct 2010, Howgil, R.Wharfe, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
| The custard yellow berries are neatly tucked in at the end. The stems have gone the same colour as have the leaves. |
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| 20th Oct 2010, Howgil, R.Wharfe, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
| The 2010 summer was not nearly as sunny and warm as that of 2003, and the leaves are still infused with green chlorophyll which has yet to fully degrade, making them appear deep-purple red. |
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| 20th Oct 2010, Howgil, R.Wharfe, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
| The pinnate leaves are shiny and have about 9 pairs of leaflets, plus a terminal one. The leaves are closely-set, oblong, with shallow teeth only nearer the concavely pointed tips. |
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| 17th Oct 2003, Valley of Desolation, nr. Bolton Abbey, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
| Bark dull rather than shiny. |
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An Asiatic Rowan cultivated in parks and gardens as an ornamental tree.
Easily confused with : ANY TEXT GOES HERE |
 Sorbus (Whitebeams) |
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Rose [Rosaceae]
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