Some items surround us all life and agree that we are so accustomed to their existence, even stopped paying any attention to them, not thinking it is a reasonable question.
For example, do you know how many years living mountain ash, cranberry or apple?After all, if these trees decorate our yard or infield this year, if we can count on their originality and shadow next?Or, say, 10 or even 15 years?
In this article, we'll discuss one of the most traditional trees of central Russia.Readers will learn the details of how many years living Rowan in fact, what are the characteristics of its growing and why these bright fruit has long been popular in folk medicine.
Section 1. Rowan.Features of growth and development
First of all, it should be noted that in everyday life, this plant is often also called the red rowan, mountain ash forest or just a ripple.The latter name is probably the most interesting, although explained quite simply: the elderly villagers have always believed it, and continue to believe until now, the most suitable food for small birds - grouse.
Before we talk about how many years living Rowan, to note that the representative of the fauna growing in a tree and can reach a height of fifteen meters, but sometimes there are bushy varieties.
Learn rowan pretty easy - the smooth gray bark canopy and the characteristic bright red berries.
According to experts, under favorable conditions, live mountain ash is mainly about 100 years, but some trees can live well and to more than two hundred.Such cases were recorded more than once.
Young branches of mountain ash gray-red, slightly hairy, with big fluffy buds.Flowers Rowan white, represented by the umbrella inflorescence.
find a place where it grows rowan, too easy.As a rule, forest glades, bushes, parks and gardens.Meet the Russian beauty is possible and along the roads.Although in this case the answer to the question of how many years living tree rowan, will not be so straightforward.Poor environmental conditions at the outset adversely affect the leaves of the plant, and then on the fruit.
Usually, it begins to bloom in early May and June.Berries are red-orange, round, the size of peas.The taste - bitter and astringent.Ripen by September and remain on the branches until late winter.
However, it should be noted that the bitterness and astringency of berries significantly lost immediately after the first frost.
Section 2. How useful rowan
We found out how old Rowan lives: about 100. This means that if your neighborhood has appeared such a plant, then it will be able to benefit more than one generation.
Vitamins, which are part of the fruit, help to strengthen the nervous system, eliminates the body's general weakness, irritability and insomnia.Also berries are used in traditional medicine as a diuretic, hemostatic agent and a multivitamin.
And still actively used in the manufacture of fruit liqueurs, vodka, liqueurs and soft drinks.Prepare as marmalade, jam, jam, jelly, candy and sweets.
Section 3. Interesting facts about the mountain ash
Few people realize that, in spite of its small size, rowan berries are rich in vitamins and acids.And they contain sorbic acid - a powerful antiseptic.
Despite the fact that the mountain ash is widely used in folk medicine, the pharmaceutical industry has so far failed to generate any one drug on the basis of its fruits.
should take note that this plant is able to relieve stress in humans, for that he needed a while to lean back against a tree and close your eyes.
