Rhus aromatica
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B
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Fragrant Sumac
Anacardiaceae
Plant Specifics
| Size: | 3-6 (8) ft tall by 3-8 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | White | |
| Fruit Color: | Red | |
| Phenology: | Deciduous | |
| Habitats: | Dry, somewhat open woods. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Specimen shrub, border, windbreak. This is a spreading, somewhat sprawling shrub. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| 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 Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Loam, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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)
Primarily pollinated by bees.