Honey bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Sumach
Rhus typhina
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Tree
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 6.00 m high × 6.00 m wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-8
- Moisture
- Well-drained, Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit, Oil, Sap
- Functions
- Dye, Hedge, Oil, Windbreak, Timber
- Edibility
- 4 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 2 out of 5
Fruit - cooked. These fruits have a very sour taste and are often used in pies. They are quite small and contain little flesh, but grow in large clusters, making them easy to harvest. When soaked in hot or cold water for 10-30 minutes, they create a refreshing lemonade-like drink (without carbonation, of course). The mixture should not be boiled, as this will release tannins and make the drink astringent.