Talk:Sumac

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Sumac is included in the 2006 Wikipedia CD Selection, or is a candidate for inclusion in the next version. Please maintain high quality standards and, if possible, stick to GFDL-compatible images.

If anyone cares, here are my sources for saying that some species are grown as ornamentals: Plants of the Southwest (glabra, microphylla, trilobata), High Country Gardens (aromatica, cultivar of trilobata), Wayside Gardens (yellow-leaved cultivar of typhina). —JerryFriedman 20:12, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I can indeed confirm this for what it counts. By the way, it should be noted that this shall not be pruned. I wrongly did it last year and it still didn't catch up (no flowers this year :( ). MaxDZ8 talk 20:35, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Somewhat curious...

I have two of these in my garden. I was pretty surprised they are called Sumac because my books here refer to this as Rhus. Is there any difference with the two? I believe I may want to post some additional photos - my flower is different, initially green, then turning red for all the winter and the photos does not show tree topology. It'll take some months before it warms up enough to live. MaxDZ8 20:15, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Sumac is the English name, Rhus is the scientific name. Same thing. - MPF 00:52, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New pics!

I've just uploaded two pics showing Sumac's trunk texture at the commons. I'm not sure where this shall go but I'll put'em here. I hope you find this useful.

Detail of trunk texture (also see the roughness)

A bending trunk. Sawed off branch at the top.

MaxDZ8 talk 08:33, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

A broken branch. I think it's useful to see the internal structure. This kind of wood is very elastic but too weak for serious use. On cutting, it releases some liquids you should not touch - cleaning them away is almost impossible!

Those years' flowers are somewhat disappointing compared to the previous seasons but since a detail of this sub-species is missing, I believe this is a nice addition.

Measure of an average flower.

MaxDZ8 talk 19:08, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Broken link

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