sumac
السماق
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We also have a staghorn sumac tree and pussy willows.
a shrub or small tree of the cashew family, with compound leaves, fruits in conical clusters, and bright autumn colors.
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If the vision is clouded, the result is not what we intend; the apple tree is a poison 'sumac' .
Oak trees provide acorns, dogwoods and 'sumac' provide red berries through the fall and winter and serviceberry bears edible berries in late spring or early summer.
The procedure for making true lacquer required the resin secreted by the Rhus vemicifera, a 'sumac' tree that was not indigenous to the West and was unknown in Europe until the beginning of the eighteenth century.
If a child touches poison ivy, poison oak or a 'sumac' plant, causing an itchy rash with pin-size clear blisters, give him a thorough bath to remove the oily resin that caused the reaction.
It only takes one case of poison ivy, oak or 'sumac' to convince most people to stay away from these skin-irritating plants.
Among the thousands of species he planted on LaGuardia Place are red and white oak, cedar, elm, birch, sassafras, dogwood, 'sumac' , Virginia creeper and goldenrod.
Taking the trails at a healthy pace, I rounded the corner on a crop of autumn red 'sumac' when two deer bounded out of their shelter beside me, tufts of snow flying in their wake.
In the northeastern foothills, on relatively dry slopes, bur oak dominates above an understory of hop hornbeam, smooth 'sumac' , coralberry, and poison ivy.
And you can get even better protection by avoiding poison ivy all together, as well as its cousins poison 'sumac' and poison oak.
She left the road again and ran until she found another sheltered hollow in the trees and 'sumac' , where she lay down and waited.
Irritated summer skin is usually caused by clogged sweat ducts, a condition called prickly heat or miliaria, or by exposure to poison ivy, oak or 'sumac' .
The most common forms included beech-like trees, poplars, willows, cattails, 'sumac' , soapberry, and conifers such as pines, sequoias, and false cypress.
Our biggest loss this year has been the 'sumach' tree which grew outside the dining room window.
Other locally common tannin-rich plants include blackberry, raspberry, rose, lady's mantle, agrimony, meadowsweet, and strawberry (all members of the rose family), geraniums, purple loosestrife, and 'sumacs' .
You will remember that we accidentally killed the original tree, a 'sumach' , by suffocating the roots with a mixture of rotting logs and sunflower husks.
Commonly encountered shrubs barberry and Oregon graperoot (both Berberis species), 'sumacs' , rose, blackberry, raspberry, myrtle, alders and elders.
In October, after the growing season, I had a female 'sumach' tree cut down to ground level.
In late summer, we cleared the 2-and 3-inch-diameter 'sumacs' that had invaded the old garden.
The answer lies in the tremendous diversity of deciduous trees: maples, oaks, 'sumacs' and beech each impart their own range of colours to the overall palette.
We also have a 'staghorn sumac' tree and pussy willows.
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