Yes I would say so and if you go back to Iona walkway - it should have red berries in a few weeks I have one close to the ocean near Vancouver bc Thé small birds hungrily swarm in as a noisy flock & gobble up (eat) the ripe berries (red) later in summer I imagine many of our mountain ash are the result of birds spreading the seeds through bird droppings While it is a lovely local tree, I would not plant this tree over a patio or driveway because the berries fall off and make a mess Here is a good resource for your walks E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC
Hi @David Tang. I can't tell from your photo if the Mountain Ash (or Rowan tree) is the European Sorbus aucuparia or one of our much-less-common native (and of course, far superior) Sorbus sitchensis or S. scopulina. I admit to being prejudiced in favour of the native species because so many people are rather negative about the European Mountain Ash trees with their orange-coloured berries and their tendancy to be messy when they fall. If the native ones are equally guilty, I'd never admit.
That's true but Sorbus aucuparia will continue to be known by its common name, Mountain Ash, just the way Robinia is called Acacia, Thuja is called Cedar, Chaenomeles is called Japanese Quince and on and on.
