Native Plants

Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra
Location

May not be native

Use Location
Type
Shrubs, Trees
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Fruit
This fast-growing, colony-forming, deciduous shrub usually grows 3 to 10 feet tall with a single trunk and several leafy branches, its foliage turning a stunning bright red in early fall. It has male and female plants, individual plants producing either all male or female flowers, blooming late spring to mid-summer. On female shrubs the yellowish flowers are replaced by bunches of dark red berries that mature during the autumn and persist into winter. This plant can grow in full sun to shade, and in most dry soils, including sandy, loam, and clay.

May Attract

Smooth Sumac is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Nuthatches
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Thrushes
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers
Family
Woodpeckers
Family
Wrens

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski