[95] Fragrant Sumac Shrub
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[95] Fragrant Sumac Shrub Free. Noteworthy characteristics beautiful fall color. United states dc washington usda ars national arboretum. This vigorous shrub hugs the ground to 2 feet tall and spreads out to 8 feet making it an excellent choice for stablizing a bank or smothering weeds.
Typically grows 2 4 tall less frequently to 6 and spreads to 10 wide. Sumacs include about 35 flowering woody north american species in the rhus genus within the anacardiaceae family which also includes cashews mangos and pistachios. It has small yellow flowers hairy red fruits and glossy leaves that change to gorgeous orange red in autumn.
A small rounded spreading shrub which forms a dense thicket of stems. It also tolerates full sun and light shade. It is found in southern canada alberta to quebec and nearly all of the lower 48 states except peninsular florida.
It has many attractive features such as glossy green leaves rich red leaves in fall red berries and excellent drought tolerance. Its only need is well drained areas such a slope. Clusters of fuzzy red fruit form on female plants through june.
Fragrant sumac grows 2 4 feet tall and spreads to 8 feet wide by means of sprawling branches that root when they come in contact with the soil. Height is 2 to 5 feet tall and 5 to 10 feet wide. United states dc washington usda ars national arboretum.
Fragrant sumac is a gorgeous medium sized shrub that has appeared in landscaping in the past 10 years. Low irregular spreading shrub with lower branches that grow horizontally then turn up at the tips. The glossy green foliage displays an excellent red fall color and is fragrant when brushed against or leaves are crushed.
Herman d e et al. Tends to sucker and root along stems that touch the soil forming a dense stand. Rhus aromatica the fragrant sumac is a deciduous shrub in the family anacardiaceae native to north america.
Usda nrcs national plant data center npdc. Rhus aromatica gro low sku 6989 a tough fast growing groundcover for slopes or banks and areas with poor dry soil. The cultivar gro low is often used as a ground cover as it is lower growing.
It is a trailing rooting and colonizing ground cover. Rhus aromatica commonly called fragrant sumac is a deciduous missouri native shrub which occurs in open woods glades and thickets throughout the state. A dense low growing rambling shrub which spreads by root suckers to form thickets in the wild.