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Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
34.02, -84.58
Field Notes
Description:
The colony-forming smooth sumac is a 10-20 ft. shrub with short, crooked, leaning trunks and picturesque branches. The pinnately compound leaves are alternate, with 13–30 sharp-toothed leaflets on each side of the midrib. Deciduous leaves become extremely colorful in early fall. On female plants, yellow-green flowers are followed by bright-red, hairy berries in erect, pyramidal clusters which persist throughout winter.
Habitat:
The only shrub or tree species native to all 48 contiguous states.
Native Distribution: Across most of Canada except the far north and almost all of the US, south into Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico
Native Habitat: Roadsides; fields; wood borders; waste places
Notes:
Spotted growing along the fence line of a local mining complex.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 5, 2013
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