Overview
This is a female form that produces red fruit, but it is most notable for its dissected , cut-leaf foliage . The texture of the foliage is much finer than the species.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac, Smooth Sumac
Description
Genus Rhus
Polygamous or dioecious trees
or shrubs
, usually sapiferous; sap
often irritant. Leaves compound
. Flowers small, greenish, in axillary
or terminal
panicles. Calyx persistent
, 4-6-lobed; lobes
imbricate. Petals 4-6, spreading
. Disk present. Stamens as many as or twice the number of petals; anthers
bilocular
, imperfect in the female flowers. Ovary unilocular
; styles 3, usually free
. Drupe small and dry.
Commonly known as sumacs. A genus of 250 species occurring in the warm temperate
and subtropical
regions of both the hemispheres. Represented in Pakistan by 7 species, 4 of which are native
.[1]
Physical Description
ID Features: No pubescence on stems. Leaf scar encircles buds. Greenish yellow flowers. Red fruit spikes. Alternate pinnately compound leaves. Stout stems.
Habit: A deciduous large shrub or small tree that grows in colonies.
Flowers: Dioecious. Greenish-yellow color. Blooms in late June. Borne in 6" to 10" long panicles, terminal . • Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: chartreuse, pale green, pale yellow, yellow-green
Seeds: Fruit: Pubescent , red drupe. Terminal panicles. Persists.
Foliage: Summer foliage: Most notable for its dissected , cut-leaf foliage . The texture of the foliage is much finer than the species. Alternate leaf arrangement . Odd-pinnately compound leaves. 12" top 18" long. 11 to 31 leaflets . Lanceolate leaflet shape. Leaflets , 2" to 5" long. Serrated leaf margins. Dark green leaf color. Red rachis. • Fall foliage: Yellow, red or orange fall color. Very showy.
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 4-6' tall.
Landscaping
Landscape Uses: Massing or groupings. Highway buffer . Woods edge . Naturalistic areas. Bank covers . • Liabilities: Verticillium Wilt. Aphids, scales , rusts and mites .
Biology
Growth
Culture: Easily transplanted. Soil adaptable. Suckers . Full sun to partial shade.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- R. Br., in Tuckey, 1818, nom. cons.
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Rhus glabra L. Var. laciniata Carrière • Rhus glabra laciniata Carr. • Rhus glabra var. laciniata Carr.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 46 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
R. aromatica (Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica var. arenaria (Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica var. aromatica (Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica var. serotina (Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica 'Gro-low' (Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica 'Grow-Low' (Fragrant Sumac) · R. aromatica 'Konza' (Konza Fragrant Sumac) · R. ashei (Ash's Sumac) · R. chinensis (Chinese Sumac) · R. copallina (Dwarf Sumac) · R. copallina copallina (Mountain Sumach) · R. copallina leucantha (Southern Sumac) · R. copallinum (Flameleaf Sumac) · R. copallinum var. copallinum (Flameleaf Sumac) · R. copallinum var. latifolia (Winged Sumac) · R. copallinum var. leucantha (Winged Sumac) · R. coriaria (Elm-Leaved Sumac) · R. crenata (Dune Crowberry) · R. glabra (Smooth Sumac) · R. glabra 'Laciniata' (Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac) · R. glauca (Gray-Green Taaibos) · R. hirta (Staghorn Sumac) · R. integrifolia (Lemonade Berry) · R. kearneyi (Desert Sumac) · R. lancea (African Sumac) · R. lanceolata (Prairie Sumac) · R. lentii (Pink Flowering Sumac) · R. michauxii (False Poison Sumac) · R. microphylla (Littleleaf Sumac) · R. ovata (Chapparal Sumac) · R. pendulina (River Karee) · R. pulvinata (Pulvinate Sumac) · R. sandwicensis (Neleau) · R. trichocarpa (Japanese Sumac) · R. trilobata (Aromatic Sumac) · R. trilobata var. anisophylla (Smoothleaf Skunkbush) · R. trilobata var. pilosissima (Fragrant Sumacpubescent Skunkbush Sumac) · R. trilobata var. quinata (Grand Canyon Skunkbush) · R. trilobata var. racemulosa (Summer Skunkbush) · R. trilobata var. simplicifolia (Single-Leaf Skunkbush) · R. trilobata var. trilobata (Ill-Scented Sumac) · R. typhina 'Tiger Eyes' (Staghorn Sumac) · R. virens (Evergreen Sumac) · R. virens choriophylla var. choriophylla (Evergreen Sumac) · R. virens var. choriophylla (Evergreen Sumac) · R. virens var. virens (Evergreen Sumac)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8468790
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 712742
Footnotes
- Yashin J. Nasir "Rhus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 4.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
