Flowers:
Yellow (Dioecious; 4-8" long greenish-yellow panicles; summer)
Foliage:
Green (Lustrous, deep green, pinnately compound leaves in the summer); Red (Foliage becomes a striking combination of reds in the fall)
Fruit:
Red (4-8" long clusters of showy, pubescent, crimson drupes in the fall; persist and become reddish-brown in the winter; females only)
Soil:
Adaptable to a wide range of soils, except those that are poorly drained
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (6-12" long) are alternate, pinnately compound with 9-21 ovate leaflets, each 1.75-4" long. Rachis is winged and pubescent. Rhus copallina can be distinguished from R. glabra by the untoothed leaflets and winged rachis.
