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smooth sumac
Rhus glabra
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 ft. to 15.0 ft.
Spread: 8.0 ft. to 10.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub, Tree
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Medium-Sized Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July
- Flower Color
- Green Shades, Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Suckers
- Design Considerations
- Attractive Foliage, Fall Color, Screening, Streetscape Plants
- Other Considerations
- Lifespan
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is an important adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.
Fall color is orange-red. Fruit is persistent and showy.
Colonies appear to lose vigor within 15 years. Cut to encourage resprouting.