A rowan is a small tree with feathery leaves and bunches of bright red or orange berries in late summer and autumn. Birds love the berries.

A rowan is a small tree with feathery leaves花楸樹是一種小樹，有羽毛狀的葉子， and bunches of bright red or orange berries in late summer and autumn在夏末和秋天會結成串鮮紅或橘色的漿果。 Birds love the berries鳥類很愛吃這些漿果。

People also call it a mountain ash, though it is not a true ash. You see it a lot in northern Britain and other cold places; it is not a common street tree in Taiwan, so students usually meet the word in stories or nature books.

People also call it a mountain ash人們也叫它mountain ash（山梣）， though it is not a true ash雖然它其實不是真正的梣樹。 You see it a lot in northern Britain and other cold places你在英國北部和其他寒冷地區很常看到它； it is not a common street tree in Taiwan在台灣它不是常見的行道樹， so students usually meet the word in stories or nature books所以學生通常是在故事或自然書裡認識這個字。

In old northern talk, people sometimes planted a rowan near the house because they believed it kept bad luck away. That is an old belief, not a fact, but it tells you the tree felt special.

In old northern talk, people sometimes planted a rowan near the house在古老的北方傳說裡，人們有時會在房子附近種花楸樹， because they believed it kept bad luck away因為他們相信它能擋掉厄運。 That is an old belief, not a fact那是一個古老的信仰，不是事實， but it tells you the tree felt special但這告訴你這種樹曾經被認為很特別。

The tree name comes from old northern words that first meant the fruits, and far back it is related to the idea of red. Rowan is also a given name, but that name has a different Irish story (“little red one”); here we mean the tree.

The tree name comes from old northern words that first meant the fruits這個樹名來自古老的北方語詞，最初指的是這種果實， and far back it is related to the idea of red再往回追溯，它跟「紅色」這個概念有關。 Rowan is also a given nameRowan也是一個人名， but that name has a different Irish story ("little red one")但那個名字有不同的愛爾蘭來源故事（意思是「小紅人」）； here we mean the tree這裡我們指的是這種樹。