Bark.—Roughened on old trunk by brown papery scales or elevated brown projections.
Wood.—Soft, coarse-grained, light brown, richly striped with yellow and black.
Range.—Maine to Florida, west to Texas and Nebraska.
Distribution in West Virginia.—Common in most sections of the State except at high elevations.
Habitat.—Dry hillsides and ridges, frequenting abandoned fields.
Notes.—This sumach, like others of the genus, is chiefly valuable for landscape work, being especially ornamental in its autumnal foliage. The wood is sometimes used in the manufacture of small wooden novelties.
POISON SUMACH
Rhus vernix, L.