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Sumac Family

Anacardiaceae - Sumac family

Prairie Flameleaf Sumac (Prairie Sumac, Lance-leaved Sumac, Black Sumac, Prairie Shining Sumac) Rhus lanceolata

This shrub can grow to 30 feet tall.  White-ish flowers are in 6-9" long clusters.  1/4" yellowish berries turn dark red  in the fall.  Frond-like leaves are made up of 3" long leaflets with a narrowly winged stem between.  Leaves turn red/orange in the fall.  Leaves produce tannin that can be used to tan hides.  Berries can be made into a drink.  The are eaten by quail and deer.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, August-November 2004

(Native of Texas)

Anacardiaceae - Sumac family

Wing-rib Sumac (Flame-leaf Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Shining Sumac) Rhus copallinum var. latifolia

Pinnate leaves up to 12" long with wing-margins between leaflets.  Shrub to small tree of 20 feet.  Flowers are green in dense clusters.  Large dense clusters of small hairy red berries grow at end of limb.

Male flower photos taken by Sonnia Hill in Van Zandt County, Texas, June 2003

Berry photo taken by Sonnia Hill in Van Zandt County, Texas, July 2004

Photos taken in Van Zandt County, Texas, November 2006

(Native of Texas)

Anacardiaceae - Sumac family

Little-Leaf Sumac Rhus microphylla

Flowers are about 3/16" wide in tight clusters that appear before the leaves.  Leaves are 1 1/2" long with 5-9 leaflets and winged connecting stem.  Red berries grow in clusters and are covered in fine hair.   Plant grows to 8 feet tall.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, berries April 2004, flowers April 2005

(Native of Texas)

Anacardiaceae - Sumac family

Skunkbush Sumac Rhus trilobata var. trilobata (Rhus aromatica var. trilobata)

(No flower photos)   Red berries grow in clusters and are covered in fine hair.  Red-brown limbs are covered in a white film.  Plant grows to 8 feet tall.    Crushed leaves have an unpleasant fragrance.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004

(Native of Texas)

see similar     Peppervine

Anacardiaceae - Sumac family

Fragrant Sumac (Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush) Rhus aromatica var. serotina (Rhus trilobata var. serotina)

Tiny greenish flowers grow in clusters at the end of branches before the new leaves appear in spring.  Small clusters of fuzzy red berries.  Leaves have 3 leaflets and are about 2" long, turn red/orange in the fall.  Crushed leaves have a lemon-like fragrance.

Berry photo taken by Sonnia Hill in Van Zandt County, Texas, May 2003

Flowers photos taken by Sonnia Hill in Van Zandt County, Texas, March 2004

Fall leaf photo taken in Van Zandt County, Texas, November 2006

(Native of Texas)

see similar     Peppervine

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