Mountain ash

For the town in South Wales, United Kingdom, see Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Mountain ash is a name used for several trees, none of immediate relation. It may refer to:

Eucalyptus regnans or Australian Mountain Ash, the tallest of all flowering plants and other floral species
Fraxinus texensis, an ash tree species in Texas
Sorbus aucuparia, which is also known as Rowan.
- In North America (mainly U.S.) trees in the subgenus Sorbus subgenus Sorbus are often styled as mountain-ashes to convey their unrelatedness to true ashes. It is commonly believed in many cultures to protect against the supernatural.

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