. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. DWARF SUMACH. RliKS copalUna Fig. 361. Branchlet with leaves and fruit, i ; detached drupelets, 2; branchlet in winter, 3-362. Small trunk on Staten Island, N. Y. Handbook of Trees of the Noktiiern States and C^ :;()0 The Dwarf Sumach, as its name implies, isa small tree at best and iiiucli more commonlyji shrub than a tree; still it sometimes attainsthe height of 25 or 30 ft. with trunk 8 or 10in. in diameter. This is j,enerally more or lessleaning and divided into a few large branche
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. DWARF SUMACH. RliKS copalUna Fig. 361. Branchlet with leaves and fruit, i ; detached drupelets, 2; branchlet in winter, 3-362. Small trunk on Staten Island, N. Y. Handbook of Trees of the Noktiiern States and C^ :;()0 The Dwarf Sumach, as its name implies, isa small tree at best and iiiucli more commonlyji shrub than a tree; still it sometimes attainsthe height of 25 or 30 ft. with trunk 8 or 10in. in diameter. This is j,enerally more or lessleaning and divided into a few large branches,ultimately forming a wide spreading top. Tlis an abundant species covering dry gravellyslopes often to the exeliision of nearly every-thing else. Us singular and beautiful leaves,with rachises winged between the leatlets. giveit an individuality at once reeogni/.able. andits bunches of crimson fruit add not a littleto its ornamental vahu. In autuiini it isbrilliant in various tints of red jind purple. The wood is light, a cubic foot (i lbs., soft and of a greenish brown colorwith lighter sap-wood. Tlie bark and leavesa
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