KenB
Well-known member
Please help me to identify this weed or shrub.
It is from two to six feet high and grows mostly
in recently cleared land, and at the edge of the woods.
Bluestem":1agnh9t2 said:Looks like Beauty Berry.
TLCfromARK":1hrfy0m4 said:I know the deer love it!
;-)
Bluestem":wfnerd5n said:Looks like Beauty Berry.
backhoeboogie":xtd7ro4d said:That is absolutely SUMAC. My little brother is highly allergic to it. If he gets in it, he's headed to the Dr. I can crawl in it and as long as I take a bath afterwards, I don't break out. Lots of folks break out worse than poison oak or poison ivy.
Laymen will indeed call it SHU-MATE because they don't know how to pronounce sumac. It is of the avacado family. If you google sumac you can read all about it. It is very common in this part of Texas.
ga. prime":2coa9yx5 said:I'd like to see a picture of some poison sumac that looks similar to beautyberry. All the poison sumac that I've ever seen could in no way be confused with beautyberry. Poison sumac has pinnately compound leaves. Beautyberry has simple leaves. Poison sumac often grows as a single stemmed small tree or shrub. Beautyberry always grows as a multiple stemmed shrub. Leaf color is different. Stem color is different. Berry color is different. Then there are the differences that you can feel or smell...but that's not what we're talking about here.
ga. prime":ird980kk said:Shiny sumac is not poisonous. The similarities I see in the 2 pics you posted, dun, are that each plant has leaves that are a shade of green, and each has berries. The compound leaves on the sumac should preclude it from ever being mistaken for beautyberry.