DWARF, BLACK, OB MOUNTAIN SUMACH (Rhus copallina, 

 Linn . ) . Shrub to 30 feet . Small, spreading tree with reddish, 

 pubescent, zigzag twigs. Bark reddish brown, thin, breaking 

 into large, papery scales. Wood as in preceding species. 

 Leaves compound, alternate, 6 to 8 inches long, of 9 to 21 

 ovate-lanceolate, plain-margined leaflets, increasing in size 

 toward apex of the conspicuously winged petioles. Blades 

 dark green, silvery-downy, beneath, when opening, becoming 

 lustrous and smooth above; turning to dark, rich reds 

 in autumn. Flowers late in summer, slow in passing, dioecious 

 in compact, velvety panicles, red, conspicuous, individual 

 flowers minute. Fruit red, hairy, persistent well into follow- 

 ing summer, showy. Dist.: Shrubby all over United States 

 east of Rocky Mountains. A tree in Tennessee and North 

 Carolina, Arkansas, and Texas. 



