Smooth sumac is great along the edge of a woods, road or street side embankment or in erosion control areas. Botanical name: Rhus glabra Common name: Smooth sumac Attributes: This shrub/small tree ...

Welcome to ID That Tree! In this episode, Purdue Extension Forester Lenny Farlee introduces us to a widespread native shrub called smooth sumac. Found in open fields, roadsides and woodland edges ...

Q Can you identify this tree/shrub, please? A It looks like smooth sumac, Rhus glabra, a native, large, deciduous shrub or small tree. It can grow up to 20 feet tall over time but easily grows wider ...

The eastern face of Flagstaff Mountain lights up each fall as clones of smooth sumac, Rhus glabra, turn brilliant red. Fall brings out the best in clonal species — quaking aspen, gambel oak, ...

When I announced to some friends that I was planning to establish a native sumac grove on my property, the first thing I heard was, “Why would you want to plant that trash tree on your property?” I ...

A thicket of smooth sumac retained some of its berries in January, though most of them were gone. Smooth sumac is well known for its brilliant red fall foliage and its deep red berries. Smooth sumac, ...

Staghorn sumac, smooth sumac and winged sumac are the three most common species of red-fruited sumac found in Pennsylvania. Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) and smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) are similar in ...

There are many responses to these longer days in the Northland. Some early migrants, mainly crows and eagles, are present. Owls call more often as their night hours get shorter. Birds at the feeder ...

We've been told by our codes enforcement office to remove "sumac" from our property. They classify it under "noxious weeds." My research indicates a true sumac is not a noxious weed; only the "skunk ...

Growth habit: Large shrub or small tree with a short or multi-stemmed trunk and spreading branches. Grows in colonies, suckering out from mother plant. Size: 2 to 20 feet tall Foliage: 11 to 31 ...