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Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac. Habitat native to Canada down through the United States zone 4. Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac. Habit and Form a large open shrub or weedy tree flat-topped crown colonizes and suckers 15' to 25' tall

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Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac

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  1. Rhus aromaticaFragrant Sumac • Habitat • native to Canada down through the United States • zone 4

  2. Rhus aromaticaFragrant Sumac • Habit and Form • a large open shrub or weedy tree • flat-topped crown • colonizes and suckers • 15' to 25' tall • spread is difficult to determine because it colonizes • coarse texture • fast growth rate

  3. Rhus aromaticaFragrant Sumac • Summer Foliage • alternate leaf arrangement • pinnately compound leaves • leafs are 1 to 2 feet long • 13 to 27 leaflets • each leaflet is lanceolate in shape, 2" to 5" long • leaflets have a serrated margin • leaf rachis is long and hairy • Autumn Foliage • yellow, orange to red fall color • very showy

  4. Rhus aromaticaFragrant Sumac • Flowers • dioecious • borne in large hairy panicles • male flower head larger than female • blooms in June • Fruit • crimson, pyramidal panicle of seeds • matures in late August • persists

  5. Rhus aromaticaFragrant Sumac • Bark • extremely hairy stems • concealed lenticels • stout stems • aromatic • older stems are not pubescent

  6. Rhus aromaticaFragrant Sumac • Culture • easily transplanted • soil adaptable • suckers • full sun to partial shade

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