But the quickbeam can brighten up the most dismal of days, when everything is shrouded in rolling mist, all of a sudden a quickbeam comes into view and its blood red berries seem to light up the landscape.
This Tree has many nicknames - the Quicken Tree, the Quickbeam (meaning 'living wood') the Witch Tree - and has a long and colourful history.
The rowan, quickbeam, or mountain ash is a graceful tree that grows fast, but not tall, on high ground.
Origin
Old English, apparently from quick(although the sense of the adjective is unclear) + beam.