Evergreen Sumac
Rhus virens
Near Peña Blanca Lake, Pajarito Mountains, Arizona, USA. 25 Sept. 2016.
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LEAVES: The compound leaves are dark green and usually are pinnately compound with 5 to 9 pointed leaflets.
Aromatic when crushed.
SHRUB: An evergreen shrub with several low branching stems from 1 to
3 m tall. Occasionally tree-like.
FLOWERS: Panicles of small cream-yellow flowers. Blooming
late spring into summer.
RANGE: Evergreen Sumac occurs in Southeast Arizona's sycamore woodlands and on rocky slopes mostly at
elevations above 1200 m elevation. Southeast of Tucson.
FRUIT: An elliptic berry with thin, sour flesh over a single hard seed.
Ripening to deep orange by late summer.
UNARMED. No spines or thorns.
Anacardiaceae -- Sumac Family
More Information:
- Southwest Environmental Information Network
- USDA Plant Profile
- Google Images
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