Rhus glabra
Smooth Sumac

 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flowers:
Yellow (Greenish yellow flowers on 6-10" long hairy panicles in June and July)
 Foliage:
Multi-Colored (Yellow, orange, to scarlet fall foliage is often spectacular)
 Fruit:
Red (Crimson fruits are hairy pubescent and often last into spring; dioecious, so fruiting occurs only on females)
 Ultimate Height:
10-15 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
10-15 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil:
Widely adapted to different soils
 Range:
Canada and Eastern United States
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves alternate, compound (pinnate), 12-24" long, 13-27 leaflets, each 2-5" long, serrated, pointed. Observe terminal large red fruit clusters. Rhus glabra can be distinguished from R. copallina by the toothed leaflets and un-winged rachis. R. typhina has very clubby pubescent (velvety) stems.
 Ecological Functions:
 Special Characteristics:
  • Fruiting Characteristics 208
  • Border 372
  • Highway Plantings 8
  • Mass Plantings 275
  • Specimen 603
  • Drought Tolerant 278
  • Tolerant of Poor Site Conditions 190
  • Fall Color 214
  • Fast Growth Rate 228
  • Notable Texture 279
  • Indiana Native 155

    • Additional Information

    Large, club-like fruit clusters and rather coarse compound leaves make this a plant that can best be appreciated from a distance, and so it is at its best in large-scale plantings. Picturesque branches. Hard to kill this plant. Can be rejuvenated by cutting to ground in late winter. Plants are dioecious, so only females have the fruiting interest, but all plants are reliably colorful in fall foliage. Spreads rapidly by suckers.

    11 Rhus glabra found

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    12013_00447*AHORTPARK
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    32013_00448*AHORTPARK
    42023_00276*AHORTPARK
    52023_00276*BHORTPARK
    62023_00276*CHORTPARK
    72023_00276*DHORTPARK
    82023_00276*EHORTPARK
    92023_00314*AHORTPARK
    102023_00314*BHORTPARK
    112023_00314*CHORTPARK

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