Rhus aromatica

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Fragrant Sumac

Form:	Shrub
Size:	3-6 (8) ft tall by 3-8 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White
Fruit Color:	Red
Phenology:	Deciduous
Noted for:	Fall color, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage

Recommended Uses:

Specimen shrub, border, windbreak. This is a spreading, somewhat sprawling shrub.

Propagation:

Seed. Often grown in the midwest from bareroot seedlings.

Availability:

Native nurseries, Quality nurseries, Seed

Light:

Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods)

Moisture Tolerance:

Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.

Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Soil or other substrate:

Loam, Sand

Soil pH:

Slightly acidic to neutral

Wildlife:

Provides nesting, roosting and loafing cover for a variety of songbirds and game birds.
Its fruit may not be the first choice of many kinds of wildlife, which allows it to persist into mid-winter for emergency use when other sources of food are covered by snow. Its twigs and foliage provide good deer browse. (excerpted from Kansas Forest Service description)

Insects:

Primarily pollinated by bees.

Native Habitats:

Dry, somewhat open woods.

Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures

General Comments:

Range barely reaches north Florida.