Fragrant Sumac Native
It grows in upland open woods fields barrens and rocky cliffs.
[78] Fragrant Sumac Native Download. Fragrant sumac is a low growing shrub forming a thick dense mass of stems. This large shrub has compound leaves meaning each leaf is composed of several leaflets. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.
Typically grows 2 4 tall less frequently to 6 and spreads to 10 wide. The staghorn sumac and its canadian cousins appearance. The glossy blue green leaves emit a lemon scent when crushed and turn a mixture of red burgundy purple color in the fall.
As a native it has found its niche under the largest post oak in a site that s so dry during mid summer that even the tough perennial weeds fail. It has many. Fields and open areas.
Tends to sucker and root along stems that touch the soil forming a dense stand. Locally common here and there. A dense low growing rambling shrub which spreads by root suckers to form thickets in the wild.
L48 n can n fragrant sumac is an irregular spreading deciduous shrub 6 12 ft. The plants database includes the following 3 subspecies of rhus aromatica. Low irregular spreading shrub with lower branches that grow horizontally then turn up at the tips.
2 m 6 ft habitat. Fragrant sumac is a gorgeous medium sized shrub that has appeared in landscaping in the past 10 years. Rhus aromatica commonly called fragrant sumac is a deciduous missouri native shrub which occurs in open woods glades and thickets throughout the state.
Rhus aromatica the fragrant sumac is a deciduous shrub in the family anacardiaceae native to north america. The delicate flowers of the fragrant sumac provide nectar for bees and other beneficial insects. Fragrant when rubbed or crushed.
Glossy somewhat blue green coarsely toothed trifoliate leaves turn orange red purple and yellow in the fall. 271 newcomb s wildflower guide. Yellow green flowers appear before leaves emerge.
Tall with velvety twigs and lower branches turned up at the tips. Clusters of fuzzy red fruit form on female plants through june. Yet every fall the fragrant sumac rhus aromatica glows a lavish orange red that looks like the glowing embers of a dying bonfire.
It is found in southern canada alberta to quebec and nearly all of the lower 48 states except peninsular florida.