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I've only ever seen Mountain Ash growing at rather high altitudes in the Appalachian Mountains of the southeast USA. In the northeast, the range appears much more widespread, however. My personal affection for this tree is probably linked to the way they serve to symbolize my favorite places in the East, including New England, and the more rugged mountainous regions of the southeast.

More info on Mountain Ash abstracted from http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/sorame/all.html:
Common names: American mountain-ash, mountain ash, dogberry, small-fruited mountain ash, roundwood, missey-mossey, cormier

Scientific name: Sorbus americana

American mountain-ash hybridizes with black chokeberry (Pyrus melanocarpa), producing P. xmixta Fern., and with purple chokeberry (P. floribunda), producing P. xjackii (Rehd) Fern.

I'm a photographer, though sometimes I experiment in other media. My mother was an artist, and on school holidays, when she had classes at the art museum, I got to spend entire days roaming the galleries of the Cincinnati Art Museum. My twin sister is an artist, and my father took up photography about the time I did, when I was in college. I'm also a former machine tool programmer, database analyst, and mathematics and physics teacher, and those things undoubtedly have impact on my perceptions as well, as do my Christian perspective and philosophy. My favorite photographic subjects are hummingbirds, other birds in flight, and scenic beauty as seen in wilderness places, the national parks, and rural locations. As my physical health and...