Smooth Sumach (Rhus glabra)

Family: Anacardiaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Green, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Rounded, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Shoots, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour, it has been used as a substitute for lemon juice. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; An acid flavour, it has been used as a substitute for lemon juice.; The fruit is rather small and with very little flesh, but it is produced on fairly large panicles and so is easily harvested.; When soaked for 10 - 30 minutes in hot or cold water it makes a very refreshing lemonade-like drink (without any fizz of course).

Habitat & North American Range

Thickets and waste ground on dry soil and by streams. The best specimens are found in rich moist soil. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)