21+ Fragrant Sumac Buds

Its compound leaves with three leaflets loosely resemble those of its cousin poison ivy but this plant is not poisonous.

Fragrant sumac buds. It is a trailing rooting and colonizing ground cover. It is a female form that forms red fruits. It can also be found in southern canada alberta to quebec and nearly all of the lower 48 states except peninsular florida. Fragrant sumac rhus aromatica is a little different in appearance as it only has three leaflets to its compound leaves where the other sumacs have many more leaflets like 9 to 31 leaflets. This large shrub has compound leaves meaning each leaf is composed of several leaflets. The delicate flowers of the fragrant sumac provide nectar for bees and other beneficial insects. Smooth sumac rhus glabra is definitely smooth on the twigs and the many leaflets are untoothed.

The leaf stems have a nice blush of purple on them. Konza is another dwarf form to 2 tall. Rhus aromatica commonly called fragrant sumac is actually a deciduous missouri native shrub belonging to sumac family anacardiaceae. Fragrant sumac is a low growing shrub 4 feet or 1 2 m tall which forms thickets in glades and on rocky balds. Green globe a larger growing cultivar this plant can reach 6 and forms a dense rounded plant. A small rounded spreading shrub which forms a dense thicket of stems. Its native habitats are more common in western new england.

The staghorn sumac and its canadian cousins appearance. Height is 2 to 5 feet tall and 5 to 10 feet wide. The cultivar gro low is often used as a ground cover as it is lower growing.