1 / 13

Smooth Sumac

Smooth Sumac. Rhus glabra L. Classification. Kingdom  Plantae – Plants Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass  Rosidae Order  Sapindales

mikkel
Download Presentation

Smooth Sumac

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra L.

  2. Classification Kingdom  Plantae – Plants Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass  Rosidae Order  Sapindales Family Anacardiaceae  – Sumac family Genus  Rhus L.– sumac Species  Rhus glabra L.– smooth sumac

  3. Shape, Form, Type A shrub or small tree up to 10 feet with a short or multi-stemmed trunk and wide spreading, open crown. In the winter it has no leaves. But in the summer it grows green leaves. FIGURE 1

  4. Bark Brownish gray and smooth, with numerous lenticels, developing scaly ridges as it gets older. FIGURE 2 FIGURE 3

  5. Twig Stout, lacking hairs and often with a bluish glaucous bloom; buds are small, rounded and covered with light brown hairs, nearly encircled by leaf scar. FIGURE 4 FIGURE 5

  6. Leaf Alternate, pinnately compound, 12 to 18 inches long, 11 to 31 lanceolate leaflets per leaf, each 2 to 4 inches long with a serrated margin, dark green above, paler and finely hairy below. FIGURE 6 FIGURE 7

  7. Bud • Buds are hairy, and the terminal bud is absent. FIGURE 8

  8. Flower Dioecious; tiny, with pale yellow petals, dense in mid to late summer. upright cluster up to 8 inches long FIGURE 9

  9. Fruit A small (1/8 inch) reddish, round, finely hairy drupe borne in dense upright cluster. The panicles typically droop when mature in the fall and persist into winter. FIGURE 11 FIGURE 10

  10. Habitat and Range Mostly found in wet to dry soil prairies, highland forests, woodland borders, limestone glades, abandoned fields and fence rows. FIGURE 12

  11. Uses • The smooth sumac is used in countries to spice up salads and meats. • And in the united states it is used to make a lemonade.

  12. References • Figures 1-11: • Virginia tech. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved from http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=80 • Figure 12: • Usda plant. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved from http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACSA2

  13. Text citation: • Tree tropics. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved from http://www.treetopics.com/rhus_glabra/gallery1.htm • Vanderbilt. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved from http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/rhgl.htm • Virginia tech. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved from http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=80 • Illionoiswild flowers. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved from http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/sm_sumac.htm • Usda plant. (6, 24 2010). Retrieved from http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACSA2

More Related