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Rhus aromatica, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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Rhus aromatica

Fragrant sumac · also Aromatic sumac, Smooth sumac, Lemon sumac

Deciduous
13
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
8.3 in
median trunk (21 cm, 2 measured)
17 yr
median age (85% have a planting date)

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Rhus aromatica is a deciduous shrub native to North America, commonly known as fragrant sumac.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Boston · United States
    1117 yr—
  2. Ottawa · Canada
    2—8.3 in

Traits

Foliage
Deciduous

Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.3 in, mean 8.3 in, 90th percentile 14 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Conifer Forests

  • Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
  • Arizona Mountains forests
  • Colorado Rockies forests

Other Rhus in the catalogue

9 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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