| Smooth Sumac is a common shrub or small tree. The large leaves have many toothed leaflets, unlike the untoothed leaves of Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix). The rachis between leaflets lacks the wings of the Winged Sumac (R. copallinum). The stems and rachis are smooth, unlike the similar Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) of the mountains.
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| The leaves are glaucous beneath. Durham Co., NC 6/21/03.
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| The small, yellowish-green flowers are arranged in large panicles. Carroll Co., VA 7/24/05.
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| The drupes are bright red and short-fuzzy. Carroll Co., VA 7/24/05.
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| Bark detail. Trivia tidbit: Rhus glabra is the only tree or shrub native to all 48 contiguous US states.
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