Talk:Poison Sumac
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Article states:
"Poison sumac grows exclusively in very wet or flooded soils, usually in swamps and peat bogs, in the eastern United States and Canada."
This is misleading if not inaccurate. I have six plants growing on my property. We get about 32" rain per year on sloping terrain and we aren't in the 100 year flood plain. In summer, it's so hot and dry the soil cracks.
Non of the following are necessary conditions for poison sumac to grow: very wet or flooded soil, swamp or bog.
[edit] Missleading statement
"In the U.S., it can grow as far west as Wisconsin, where it is found only in the southern part of the state."
It grows in Texas, west of Wisconsin.
