Western Mountain Ash (Noun)
Meaning
An ash of the western coast of North America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The western mountain ash, with its showy clusters of small white flowers, can be found growing along streams and in mountain meadows on the western coast of North America.
- This evergreen shrub is a smaller version of the western mountain ash that thrives in moist acidic soils and cool climates.
- Growing 30-40 feet tall, the western mountain ash has the potential to provide an ideal source of food for various bird species with its blue-black berry-like fruits.
- With western mountain ash in particular being extremely drought intolerant, keeping this in mind during garden design and landscape management can ensure healthy trees and overall a greener earth.
- Care should be taken in cultivation, because when trees of the western mountain ash begin to flower at about age ten to fifteen, and especially with time go through full leaf expansion the flowering phase in autumn changes their requirement from abundant rainfall and heavy nutrient needs to somewhat the reverse during those brief yet recurrent life periods.