THE STAGHORN SUMACH {Rhus hirta) 



Foliage, fruit, and all the younger branches of this much-forked sumach tree, are densely clothed with stiff hairs. The 

 petioles dilate at the base, and their detachment leaves a circular scar. The winter bud is capped by this conical leaf base, 

 and it never sees the light until the leaf falls. The foliage turns to vivid red in autumn. The fruits persist late into the 

 winter, after the leaves have fallen. The species is an admirable cover for rocky slopes 



THE POISON SUMACH (Rhus remix) 



\\ hite berries in drooping clusters, growing with 



ooth foliage of brilliant autumn colouring in 



ampy ground set apart the deadliest of the sumachs. 



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nil. UWARF SU.MACH (Rhus copallina) 



This tree is shrubby in the North. The new growth is coated 

 with fine, silky down. The leaves are lustrous and smooth above, 

 and lined with soft hairs. The central leaf stalk is wing-margined 



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