Shining Sumac (Smooth Sumac)  Rhus glabra
                                                                   Kenneth J. Sytsma from Wisconsin State Herbarium website
 
 
Common Name Shining Sumac / Smooth Sumac
Scientific Name Rhus glabra
Height/ Width 9-15' / 9-15'
Shape
Sun/Shade Full sun;  shade intolerant
Leaf Color Medium green in summer, orange - red in fall.
Soil Coarse to medium soil
Disease Susceptibility
Wildlife Value
 Notes Suckers profusely.

 
 
  Prairie Nursery Heartland Restoration Enders Taylor Creek Possibility Place
Costs
from Spring 2001 catalog
$15.00/oz

Information on Rhus glabra:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=RHUARO
- Hightshoe, Gary L. Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1988
- Dirr, Michael A. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses.  3rd edition.  Champaign: Stipes Pub. Co.  1983.