About This Plant
A small growing, irregular-shaped shrub, this species is great for planting on hillsides and as a groundcover, as it will sucker from its roots and form colonies. Birds and small mammals will eat its red berries, especially in the winter, when fragrant sumac's thicket-like density provides valuable cover. The leaves are a beautiful red/orange/purple in the autumn and are fragrant.
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- Wildlife Benefits
Plant Facts
Native Americans used the roots of fragrant sumac to make yellow dyes. | The berries from fragrant sumac have been used to make beverages, and its leaves and bark have been used to tan leather.
Alternate Names
Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush, Aromatic Sumac, Polecat Sumac
