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Sumach (Rhus) - Low trees, shrubs, or climbers, with an acrid juice, usually hardy, and remarkable for their elegant and picturesque growth, and often brilliantly colored leaves in autumn.

 


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or sumach(sh´mk, s´-), common name for some members of the Anacardiaceae, a family of trees and shrubs native chiefly to the tropics but ranging into north temperate regions and characterized by resinous, ...

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sumac or sumach[shOO´mak, sOO´-] Pronunciation Key, common name for some members of the Anacardiaceae, ...

Sumachs
Family: N.O. Anacardiaceae
The American Poison Ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron, Linn.) is one of the species of Sumachs, an attractive group of plants widely distributed in Europe, Asia and North America, ...

Sumacs are pioneer species that established in the rights of way in the 1970s when the Interstate was completed, slowly occupying more ground each season.

Sumach (Rhus coriaria L.)
Synonyme
Reife Früchte des Glatten Sumachs Rh. glabra ...

Laurel Sumac
Scientific Name: Malosma laurina (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Abrams
Synonym: Rhus laurina
Family: Anacardiaceae ...

Comments: Sumacs are among the most adaptable shrubs but
may be regarded as weeds. Staghorn Sumac grows rapidly,
tolerates most exposures and poor soil but is short-lived.
The main ornamental feature is bright red (Vis. 1) fall
color.

Genus Rhus (Sumac)
Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger' Photo/Illustration: Michelle Gervais
rus Common Name: Sumac ...

In October, the Staghorn Sumac momentarily puts on a
wonderful show of brilliantly orange & yellow leaves.
The leaves drop rather suddenly, however,
& the display is too soon over.

Rhus typhina, Staghorn sumac
Rhychospora latifolia, Broad-leaf whitetop sedge; Star sedge
Ricinus communis,Castor bean ...

Rhus lancea. AFRICAN SUMAC. South Africa
ANACARDIACEAE (Sumac or cashew family) ...

SUMACS
Rare Fruit Sources. By Arlo Hale Smith. 1977 #1, pp 3-16
SURINAM CHERRY ...

Sumac
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About 200 species of deciduous or evergreen trees or shubs, sometime climbing, many are more or less poisonous. Leaves alternate, simple or compound, leaflet entire or serrate.

Sumac has been cultivated in Europe for centuries as an ornamental prized for its vivid fall foliage and distintive fruit. Indians in this country made a drink from the fruit which tastes like lemonade and has a high vitamin C content.

Laurel Sumac
Malosma laurina (Rhus laurina)
Aromatic evergreen shrub or small tree with dense, rounded crown of glossy foliage and odor of bitter almonds. Height: 16' (5 m). Diameter: 6" (15 cm).

Laurel Sumac ( Rhus laurina )
Laurel Willow ( Salix pentandra )
Lauren Bacall Camellia ( Camellia japonica ) ...

Like the Sumac this is totally destitute of fine spray, its smaller branches are thick, blunt, clumsy and lumpish. Other trees lose their leaves but along their twigs and branchlets are borne the buds, the hope and the promise of the coming year.

Anogeissus latifolia (Ghatti, Indian Gum Tree, Dhawa, Indian sumac, Family: Combretaceae)
Anona sp. (Golden Sugar Apple, Honey Sugar Apple, Family: Annonaceae)
Anthurium andraeanum (Flamingo flower, Tail flower, Family: Araceae) ...

Smoke tree, Venetian sumac, smoketree (Cotinus coggygria)
Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
Snake's head (Fritillaria meleagris)
Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) ...

Many gardeners feel that the deciduous shrub staghorn sumac also adds year-round interest. There are a number of similar species and cultivars available, all of which adapt well to poor soil.

Medicine Plant Indonesian Wax Ginger Indoor Oak Jade Plant Jack-In-The-Pulpit Jackfruit Japanese Lanterns Japanese Painted Fern Jewel Orchid Joe-Pye Weed Jungle Geranium Kalanchoe "Maltese Cross" Kangaroo Apple Kangaroo Fern Karee or African Sumac ...

lacquer tree, Poison ivy, Sumach) - poisonous; severe skin
irritant
Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant) - poisonous
Robinia pseudoacacia (Locust tree) - poisonous
Ruta (rue) - severe skin irritant in bright sunlight ...

DESCRIPTION: Tree-of-heaven, also known as ailanthus, Chinese sumac, and stinking shumac, is a rapidly growing, deciduous tree in the mostly tropical quassia family (Simaroubaceae). Mature trees can reach 80 feet or more in height.

dominated by sage brush, one commonly finds the following shrubs: gray rabbit-brush, green rabbit-brush, mountain snowberry, antelope bitterbrush, spineless horse-brush, matchbrush, curl-leaf mountain-mahogany, shrubby cinquefoil, lemonade sumac, ...

Stop 14 (FS) - Fragrant Sumac
Stop 15 (CHE) - Chinese Elm
Stop 16 (RUO) - Russian Olive
Stop 17 (KC) - Kentucky Coffeetree
Stop 18 (HC) - Horsechestnut
Stop 19 (WP) - White Pine
Stop 20 (DR) - Dawn Redwood
Stop 21 (CW) - Common Witchhazel ...

This planting of Gro-low Fragrant Sumac gives a wonderful informal border to the edge of the stone path, providing a low canopy of glossy dark green Summer foliage that will explode into vibrant fall color in mid- to late Autumn.

In late summer, we cleared the 2- and 3-inch-diameter sumacs that had invaded the old garden. The nearby dairy farmer plowed and harrowed the garden, and we planted cover crops of annual ryegrass and winter rye.

Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maacki)Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbrella) Firethorn (Pyracantha) Holly (Ilex spp.) Dogwood (Cornus florida) Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Redosier Dogwood (Cornus Sumac (Rhus spp.) Stolonifera) Mountain Ash (Sorbus spp.) ...

Rhus lancea
African sumac
Anacardiaceae Family
Compiled by the Master Gardeners
of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.

Of the trees commonly associated with this habitat, staghorn sumac and sassafras are represented in the Native Flora Garden.

Cashew, Anacardium occidentale
Mango, Mangifera indica
Pistachio, Pistacia vera
Sumac, Rhus species
Lacquer tree, Toxicodendron verniciflua ...

Blueberries (Vaccinium) 4. Hawthorns (Crataegus) 5. Fruit Trees 6. New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus) 7. Privet (Ligustrum) 8. Lilac (Syringa) 9. Redbud (Cercis) 10. Spicebush (Lindera) 11. Spirea (Spirea) 12. Sumac (Rhus) ...

The gloss is low to medium, and the color is a bit bronzy-green rather than bright pure green. But the young growth as it unfurls is strikingly handsome velvety maroon, like the fuzz of staghorn sumach (Rhus typhina).

See also: Green, Rhus, Orange, May, Fruits