Rowan

by Oliver Southall

A cultural history of a reddish, much-loved shrub, sometimes called mountain ash or dogberry.

Rowan is the first in-depth natural and cultural history of this much-loved plant sometimes called mountain ash or dogberry. Through myth, medicine, literature, land art, and contemporary rewilding, Oliver Southall uncovers the many meanings of this singular reddish, fruit shrub: a potent symbol of nostalgia on the one hand and of environmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789147123
• ISBN13: 9781789147124
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"