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The sumac is taking on its fall colors.
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The sumac is taking on its fall colors.
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Go Botany calls this species Winged Sumac
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Go Botany calls this species Winged Sumac
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Go Botany calls this species Winged Sumac
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Leaves deciduous, pinnately compound, alternate. Winged leaf rachis and shiny dark green leaflets. Fruit is a drupe which was reddish brown
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Leggy shrub, about 2m tall. Autumn coloration. Located about 1m into wood line along main trail.
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State - Tennessee County - Rutherford Identification - Rhus copallina Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glades Natural Area in the center of the main cleared field. Description - bright red compound leaves with winged leaf axis, dull red pubescent fruit clusters, milky sap, in a thicket with other plants of the same species. Associated species - Sassafras albidum, Carya glabra, Carya tomentosa, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus marilandica Date of Collection - 17 Oct 2014 Collector - Lauren S Hanberry Collection Number - 24
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Short shrub approx. 4 feet tall. Compound leaves, with a terminal leaf. Terminal inflorescence of red fruit with a winged rachis.