Fall is here and the outdoors are starting to showcase the season. Alan McGuckin captured a photo of a young buck hanging out in a patch of winged sumac near Skiatook Lake. If you have a fishing, ...

There are two kinds of sumac in the Skiatook area – smooth sumac and winged sumac. Smooth or winged refers to the appearance of the stem between the leaves. In winged sumac, a bit of leaf tissue is ...

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 ...

Q: I purchased property in Union County and had a guy give me a quote for clearing it. He said it’s full of poison sumac. Any idea if poison sumac has been reported here? Thad Weed, Blairsville A: The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who have severe allergies to mango or cashew may not react well to sumac, as it belongs so the same family, Anacardiaceae ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Readers sometimes complain that I don't write about enough native plants. Let me be clear – I write about good plants, whether ...

Because of their bright red, orange or purplish leaves, sumacs can be used for brilliant displays. But fear not, sumacs can be safe to handle if you know what you're looking for. And grape vines, ...