There is a weed growing along the roadsides that I hope you will develop an appreciation for after reading today’s column. In fact, I’ll bet you the more you know about this weed, the greater your ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

There are two kinds of sumac in the Skiatook area – smooth sumac and winged sumac. Smooth or winged refers to the appearance of the stem between the leaves. In winged sumac, a bit of leaf tissue is ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra L.) is a resprouting shrub native to the tallgrass prairie region that increases in density without an active ...

Each September and October we marvel at the color of the various woody plants, sadly acknowledging that it is only a brief pleasure. The fall coloring is the result of chemical processes in the leaves ...

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 ...

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 ...