I should know this tree, it's real familiar ... but again, my old brain is not cooperating. It's growing on the southeast side of my house in full sun. It's breezy out right now so I haven't been able to get decent pictures but hopefully someone will recognize these leaves, bark, seeds ... It's the skinny little tree amidst the Palms, etc.

The young branches look too woody to be Elderberry... I don't know either.

https://www.google.com/search?...

Looks like Rhus copallina ?
http://woodyplants.wikidot.com...

I agree.

Rhus copallina!

http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/extens...

https://www.google.co.uk/searc...

You got there first.

Hehehhehehe..


Interesting tree. It said that that fruit are edible. And can used to substitute lemon. Anybody have tested it ?

Sumac berries are ground into powder and used in middle eastern cooking all the time--quite tart, but I've never had them fresh.

so are there different varieties of sumac? The one in my link above is just photos of sumac in general, not a sepecific type. We have sumac in MO that is how I recognized it.

Yes--there's a poisonous type but it's the poison one. The type you can use for spice (Rhus typhina) is the one I see all the time along the roadways here. Here's an article about finding and gathering the berries. http://www.seriouseats.com/201...

Frillylily said:so are there different varieties of sumac? The one in my link above is just photos of sumac in general, not a sepecific type. We have sumac in MO that is how I recognized it.

Several ..

http://luirig.altervista.org/f...

Rhus copallinum is apparently the correct name, not 'copallina'.

http://www.theplantlist.org/tp...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Well ... I'll be! Yep, that's it! I even looked at photos in my file folders of Rhus copallina (I also have photos here in our database) but for some reason I didn't think that was it! Thanks so much @Frillylilly @XiaoLong and Janet!

Identified! Rhus copallina - Winged Sumac!