Rhus copallinum
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Winged Sumac
Anacardiaceae
Plant Specifics
| Form: | Shrub | |
| Size: | 4-15 (30) ft tall forming clones. | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | White | |
| Fruit Color: | Orange,red | |
| Phenology: | Deciduous. Blooms mid-summer. Fruits ripen by fall and persist into winter. Clonal. Life span of single stem likely <20 yrs, clone could be long-lived. | |
| Noted for: | Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | This is one of the few shrubs that produces brilliant red fall color in much of Florida. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Considerations: | Good background plant. Likely to form large clumps. Use in large settings or in areas being restored. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Availability: | FNPS plant sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- 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: | Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Lime rock, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Acidic to neutral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| Wildlife: |
Fruits are eaten by songbirds, jays, and crows; white-tailed deer, opossums, wild turkey, and quail. Bark is eaten by rabbits.
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| Insects: | Flowers attract pollinators including bees and butterflies. Bees documented include Colletes inandibularis, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa and Dialictus placidensis (Deyrup et al. 2002). Host plant for the red-banded hairstreak caterpillar and the Luna moth.
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| Native Habitats: | Flatwoods, dry prairie, sandhill, disturbed areas including dry muck. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 11 8A 8B 9A 9B
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| General Comments: | Compound leaf has "wings" of tissue along the leaf-stem (rachis). |