Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Dwarf Sumac
Rhus copallinum
Anacardiaceae (Cashew Family)
▲▼ young, mature, flowering plants
▲▼ flowering plants
▲▼ fall color
▲▼ fall color
▲ detail of leafy "wings" on rachis' of leaves
Location near campus: along east end of walk along north side of Lake Drummond at Close Park.
Rhus copallinum
L.; Dwarf Sumac, Shining Sumac, Winged Sumac:
(Bayer Code:
RHUCO; US Code RHCO)
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Similar to
smooth sumac, but usually shorter-growing, with shiny leaves and leafy wing
on rachis of leaves
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Leaves are deciduous alternate, pinnately compound with
9-21 leaflets with
a leafy wing between leaflets along the main rachis (midvein
stem) of the leaf
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Leaf is
6-12 inches long, each leaflet is 1.5 to 4 inches long and 1-2 inches wide
with smooth to slightly toothed margins
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Leaves are
shiny dark green above, and lighter green to white-waxy colored below
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Fall color
is brilliant orange, red-orange or red
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Stems are
stout (thick), angled, reddish,, with some hairs and U-shaped leaf scars;
stems are aromatic when broken
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Bark is
grayish, lightly fissured or plated on older stems
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Fruit is
attractive in terminal clusters of crimson-red fuzzy drupes
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Grows 20-30
feet tall (often shorter in Missouri) with flattish crown
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Can spread
by root suckers/sprouts to form a large colony, with fast growth from new
sprouts and slower growth on existing stems
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Prefers
full sun and well-drained soils to dry soils; does not tolerate wet soils
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Native to
southwest Missouri
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Similar to
smooth sumac, but shining sumac is usually
shorter-growing, with shiny leaves and leafy wings on rachis of leaves