A native suckering shrub here sometimes planted in naturalistic landscapes. It spreads fairly quickly by suckering, and its low-growing c...Read Moreultivar 'Gro-Low' is sometimes used as a groundcover. In the wild, it's most often found on woodland edges.
This is a woody shrub, not a perennial. It's fairly nondescript, and is suitable for the background and not for specimen use. It's a good plant for stabilizing difficult sunny slopes, and tolerates dry infertile soils. Fairly good red fall color.
It likes sun and does not tolerate shade.
This species is hardy into Z3.
Some susceptible (allergic) people are said to develop a temporary skin rash on contact.
This species has a large native range from Texas into Nebraska to southern Wisconsin into southeast Ontario to Vermont down to northern F...Read Morelorida. Its red sumac fruit is loved by birds and small mammals and edible for humans. It is occasionally sold by regular large nurseries and by native plant nurseries in the East, Midwest, and South. It is occasionally found in landscapes, mostly ones designed by landscape architects or designers who know many plants; few homeowners know of this shrub. It is a good-looking shrub with shiny leaves and good fall color. It does ground sucker some, so it is not used for very refined landscapes. Its cultivar of 'Low-Gro' is planted a good amount as a groundcover.
This native shrub is a valuable wildlife plant. It's fruit is eaten by birds, raccoons, opossums, chipmunks, and deer.
It is so...Read Moremetimes mistaken for poison ivy, since both plants have 3 leaflets, but close examination reveals that the leaflets do not have stalks, whereas poison ivy leaflets do (the center leaflet). There are other differences in flowers, fruit, etc. Fragrant sumac does not cause skin irritation.
I have pulled this plant out in great quantity because it propagates by runners and my property is overly supplied with it. I leave it in the woodsy areas, but have eliminated it in the flower and vegetable patches. It favors a location at the edge of woods.
There is considerable variability in the characteristics of fragrant sumac over it's broad range from Florida to Texas and north to Michigan and North Dakota.
Native Americans (the Kiowa tribes) mixed the berries with sugar or cornmeal to eat, and brewed a tea from the berries as well.
A native suckering shrub here sometimes planted in naturalistic landscapes. It spreads fairly quickly by suckering, and its low-growing c...Read More
This species has a large native range from Texas into Nebraska to southern Wisconsin into southeast Ontario to Vermont down to northern F...Read More
I love this plant. I've had it 7 years and it's beautiful. No suckering as with some other Rhus' and the Fall color is a wonderful red.
Fragrant Sumac, Rhus aromatica is native to Texas and other States.
This native shrub is a valuable wildlife plant. It's fruit is eaten by birds, raccoons, opossums, chipmunks, and deer.
It is so...Read More