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Rhus trilobata is a North American shrub in the sumac genus (Rhus) with the common names skunkbush sumac, [1] sourberry, skunkbush, [2] and three-leaf sumac. Description [ edit ]
The word sumac traces its etymology from Old French sumac (13th century), from Mediaeval Latin sumach, from Arabic summāq (سماق), from Syriac summāqa - meaning "red". [10] The generic name Rhus derives from Ancient Greek ῥοῦς ( rhous ), meaning "sumac", of unknown etymology; the suggestion that it is connected with the verb ῥέω ...
In Oklahoma, winter home ranges always contained skunkbush sumac, tree cholla, or human-made structures providing overhead cover. [10] Night-roosting cover: scaled quail roosts were observed in yucca (Yucca angustifolia), tree cholla, and true mountain-mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus)-yucca-fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) vegetation types. The ...
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 ...
Rhus aromatica, commonly known as fragrant sumac, aromatic sumac, lemon sumac, polecat bush, polecat sumac, or simply sumac, [1] [2] is a deciduous shrub in the family Anacardiaceae native to North America. [3] It is native to southern and eastern Canada, most of the contiguous United States, and Mexico. [2] [4]
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.
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.
Rhus ovata, commonly known as sugar bush or sugar sumac, [1] is a shrub or small tree found growing in the canyons and slopes of the chaparral and related ecosystems in Southern California, Arizona, Baja California and Baja California Sur. It is a long lived-plant, up to 100 years, and has dense evergreen foliage that make it conspicuous.