There are many responses to these longer days in the Northland. Some early migrants, mainly crows and eagles, are present. Owls call more often as their night hours get shorter. Birds at the feeder ...

The eastern face of Flagstaff Mountain lights up each fall as clones of smooth sumac, Rhus glabra, turn brilliant red. Fall brings out the best in clonal species — quaking aspen, gambel oak, ...

There is a weed growing along the roadsides that I hope you will develop an appreciation for after reading today’s column. In fact, I’ll bet you the more you know about this weed, the greater your ...

Smooth sumac is great along the edge of a woods, road or street side embankment or in erosion control areas. Botanical name: Rhus glabra Common name: Smooth sumac Attributes: This shrub/small tree ...

When I announced to some friends that I was planning to establish a native sumac grove on my property, the first thing I heard was, “Why would you want to plant that trash tree on your property?” I ...

Staghorn sumac, smooth sumac and winged sumac are the three most common species of red-fruited sumac found in Pennsylvania. Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) and smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) are similar in ...

A thicket of smooth sumac retained some of its berries in January, though most of them were gone. Smooth sumac is well known for its brilliant red fall foliage and its deep red berries. Smooth sumac, ...

The eastern face of Flagstaff Mountain lights up each fall as clones of smooth sumac, Rhus glabra, turn brilliant red. Fall brings out the best in clonal species — quaking aspen, gambel oak, ...

If you were to ask me to name a large shrub that is pleasing to the eye, can withstand Northern Arizona winters, and functions as a pollinator magnet, I’d say, “Now that would be one of our own native ...

What’s that red in the woods? Sumac, most likely. “It’s a harbinger,” said Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic Manager at The Morton Arboretum. “When you see those first scarlet sumac leaves, you know autumn ...

Growth habit: Large shrub or small tree with a short or multi-stemmed trunk and spreading branches. Grows in colonies, suckering out from mother plant. Size: 2 to 20 feet tall Foliage: 11 to 31 ...