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§1 Plant

Rhus glabra L.

vernacular smooth sumac — species · Anacardiaceae

USDA
RHGL
GBIF
3190544
Rank
species
smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
Platephotograph · Thomas ShahanCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Anacardiaceae R. Br.
Genus
Rhus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,528 counties across 38 states/territories
Legend Native · 1528 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
High
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
135 min.
Precipitation
30–60 in/yr
pH range
5.3–7.5
Root depth
24 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
12 ft
Height @ 20 y
12 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
59,775
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,528 counties across 38 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 62 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 68 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 79 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 82 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 97 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 65 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 48 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 114 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 41 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 58 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 88 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 24 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 46 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 95 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 43 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/RHGL ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3190544 ↗

Record version

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