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Rhus typhina, the staghorn sumac, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae, native to eastern North America. It is primarily found in southeastern Canada, the northeastern and midwestern United States, and the Appalachian Mountains, [ 6 ] but it is widely cultivated as an ornamental throughout the temperate world.
Sumac or sumach [a] (/ ˈ s uː m æ k, ˈ ʃ uː-/ S(H)OO-mak, UK also / ˈ sj uː-/)—not to be confused with poison sumac—is any of the roughly 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus (and related genera) of the cashew and mango tree family, Anacardiaceae. However, it is Rhus coriaria that is most commonly used for culinary purposes.
Rhus glabra, the smooth sumac, [2] (also known as white sumac, upland sumac, or scarlet sumac) [3] is a North American species of sumac in the family Anacardiaceae. Description [ edit ]
winged sumac; shiny sumac Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Rhus glabra: smooth sumac Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Rhus typhina: staghorn sumac Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Schinus: pepper trees; Schinus molle: Peruvian pepper tree Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Schinus terebinthifolius: Brazilian pepper tree Anacardiaceae (cashew family) Spondias ...
The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family [1] or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species. [2] Members of the Anacardiaceae bear fruits that are drupes and in some cases produce urushiol , an irritant .
Toxicodendron succedaneum (L.) Kuntze (synonym Rhus succedanea) – Wax tree is native of Asia, although it has been planted elsewhere, most notably in Australia and New Zealand. It is a large shrub or tree, up to 8 m tall, somewhat similar to a sumac tree.
It is commonly known as the evergreen sumac or tobacco sumac. [3] [4] Varieties. Rhus virens var. choriophylla (Wooton & Standl.) L.D.Benson – Mearns' sumac;
Rhus lanceolata, the prairie sumac, is a species of plant native to the south-western United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico), and northern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas). [2] [3] [4] Rhus lanceolata is a shrub or small tree up to 9 m (30 feet) tall, reproducing by means of underground rhizomes.