The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Rosaceae

Total records held
2914

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 1197	1274
Tetrads: 589	608
Hectads: 41	41

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Feb 16 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Rowan is a small native tree of woods, hedges, moors, rocky places and waste ground. It is also increasingly being planted in restoration and amenity schemes. Overall it is common throughout our region except for some areas of heavy soils in the Trent Valley and Southern Claylands, and some areas of calcareous soils in the White Peak. It has a long history of use by people locally as evidenced by its inclusion in several early accounts of the county (Farey 1815) and the number of local names in Grigson (19??) which include Quicken and Wiggen. Its berries are still used to emphasise the outlines of well-dressing pictures.