Aromatic Sumac

Rhus aromatica, commonly called aromatic sumac, is a shrub in the Anacardiaceae family. It is native to regions including southern and eastern Canada, the contiguous United States, and Mexico. The plant is known by several common names, including fragrant sumac, smooth sumac, lemon sumac, skunk bush, polecat bush, and polecat sumac. It was first described in 1789 by Aiton. Its distribution includes areas such as Vermont, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, and parts of Mexico.