|
Photographer: Kenneth J. Sytsma
|
Family Anacardiaceae
Rhus glabra L.
smooth sumac
Rhus: derived from rhous, an ancient Greek name for Sumac
glabra: Latin for "smooth" referring to lack of hairs on leaves and stems
|
|
| Status: | Native - potentially invasive |
| Plant: | perennial shrub usually with only a few branches; twigs smooth; forming large colonies |
| Flower: | in terminal cluster to 8" |
| Fruit: | bright red, flattish, very hairy berry |
| Leaf: | alternate, pinnately-divided into 11-31, often toothed leaflets, very pale below, main axil not winged |
| Habitat: | uplands, roadsides, woods edges |
| (Glossary) |
|
