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Rhus copallinum (Rhus copallina is also used, but this is not consistent with the rules of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy), [3] [4] the winged sumac, [5] shining sumac, dwarf sumac or flameleaf sumac, is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family (Anacardiaceae) that is native to eastern North America.
In North America, the smooth sumac , three-leaf sumac (R. trilobata), and staghorn sumac are sometimes used to make a beverage termed "sumac-ade", "Indian lemonade", or "rhus juice". [ citation needed ] This drink is made by soaking the drupes in cool water, rubbing them to extract the essence, straining the liquid through a cotton cloth, and ...
Rhus copallinum L. [1]: 167–168 Winged Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Shining Sumac: State-wide G5 - Secure: Anacardiaceae: Rhus glabra L. [1]: 168–169 Smooth Sumac: Mountains and Piedmont: Least Concern: Anacardiaceae: Rhus typhina L. [1]: 169–170 Staghorn Sumac: Known from a single location on Yonah Mountain: Least Concern: Anacardiaceae
In the eastern United States, Poblicia fuliginosa mostly feeds on sumac species, especially the winged sumac (Rhus copallinum.) The species has also been recorded feeding on red maple (Acer rubrum), though this may not be a usual host. [2] In the western United states, the species feeds on Baccharis salicifolia and Brickellia. [2] P. fuliginosa
Rhus aromatica — fragrant sumac; Rhus copallinum — winged sumac; Rhus glabra — smooth sumac; Rhus trilobata — skunkbush; Rhus typhina — staghorn sumac; Rhus × pulvinata; Toxicodendron diversilobum — western poison-oak; Toxicodendron radicans — eastern poison-ivy; Toxicodendron rydbergii — northern poison-oak; Toxicodendron ...
Winged females leave the gall in late summer and fly to moss, where they establish asexually reproducing colonies. The colonies produce the males and sexual females responsible for recolonizing sumac each spring." [3]: 758 In 1989, it was reported that the use of alternate plant hosts by the aphids dates from 48 million years before present. [6]
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Stapelia hirsuta, the "hairy" starfish flower . Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1]