Sorbus arranensis rupicola") which is still found on Holy Isle. This hybrid species interbred with the rowan/mountain ash ("Sorbus aucuparia") to produce "S. arranesis". The bastard mountain ash ("Sorbus pseudofennica") arose from a further cross between "S. arranensis" and the mountain ash ("S. aucuparia"). Smart showed by using physical characteristics that the species were separate and not a result of random variation. Some overlap does however occur and this suggests that some hybridising may occur between the two species. Sorbus arranensis Sorbus arranensis, sometimes referred to as the Scottish or Arran whitebeam is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It
Bethlehem, Mountain Ash Bethlehem, Mountain Ash Bethlehem, Mountain Ash was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Pryce Street, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. Services at Bethlehem were conducted in the Welsh language. The origins of the church date back to 1854, when meetings were held at a house in Commercial Street, and later at a house in Duffryn Street. A schoolroom was built in 1857, at a cost of £500, which became known as "Capel Bach". Memorial stones for this building were laid by William Lloyd, draper, of Commercial Street and Rees Evans, grocer, amongst others. There was no permanent minister until 1870. During this