Rhus aromatica
fragrant sumac
Anacardiaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
3-6 (8) ft tall by 3-8 ft wide
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
white
Fruit Color:
red
Phenology:
deciduous
Noted For:
Showy Fruits, Fall Color, Interesting Foliage
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Specimen shrub, border, windbreak. This is a spreading, somewhat sprawling shrub.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Not wet but not extremely dry ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Birds, Mammals
Primarily pollinated by bees.
- Provides nesting, roosting and loafing cover for a variety of songbirds and game birds.
- Its fruit may not be the first choice of many kinds of wildlife, which allows it to persist into mid-winter for emergency use when other sources of food are covered by snow. Its twigs and foliage provide good deer browse. (excerpted from Kansas Forest Service description)
Native Habitats:
Dry, somewhat open woods.
