Winged Sumac

Compound leaf has "wings" of tissue along the leaf-stem (rachis).



This is one of the few shrubs that produces brilliant red fall color in much of Florida.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms).

Good background plant. Likely to form large clumps. Use in large settings or in areas being restored.

Fruits are eaten by songbirds, jays, and crows; white-tailed deer, opossums, wild turkey, and quail. 

Bark is eaten by rabbits.

Flatwoods, dry prairie, sandhill, disturbed areas including dry muck.

• Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
• Flowers attract pollinators including bees and butterflies.  Bees documented include  Colletes inandibularis, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa and Dialictus placidensis (Deyrup et al. 2002).
• Host plant for the red-banded hairstreak caterpillar and the Luna moth.