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Rhus aromatica |
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Fragrant
Sumac |
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4-6 feet
tall with a spread of 6-10 feet |
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Leaf scars
are circular, prominently raised of f the stem. |
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Leaves are
alternate, trifoliolate, ovate, 1½-3 inches
long, pubescent terminal leaflet wedge-shaped,
the laterals rounded and oblique, bluish-green
in color. |
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Plants are
dioecious
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polygamo-dioecious. Flowers are
yellowish, borne in 1 inch long male catkins, or
the females in a short terminal panicle, in mid
to late March. |
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Stems are
slender, pubescent, emitting a distinct spicy
fragrance when bruised. |
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Low,
irregular spreading shrub, usually prostrate
with ascending branches. |
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Fruit is a
red, hairy drupe, ¼ inch in diameter, ripening
in August- September and briefly persisting. |
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Fall color
is orange to reddish-purple. |
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