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Trees of KY: Sumac is beautiful edge tree It's easy to identify two common sumac trees: Staghorn and Winged. Forefathers used sumac for lemonade type drink, tobacco flavoring, and seasoning. Click on headline for story plus photos By Billy Joe Fudge Sumac, pronounced "Sue Mack", was always pronounced "Shoe Make" by most of previous generations in this area. It is a beautiful edge tree or bush whichever the case may be. They can be seen on roadsides, along fence rows, and in abandoned fields. Here are pictures of two of the several species that grow in our area. You can notice the foliage already beginning to turn colors. Two primary sumacs in this area are Winged Sumac and Staghorn Sumac, illustrated in the accompanying photos. It's easy to distinguish between the two:
I don't recommend using the plants but our forefathers made a lemonade type drink from the drupes (fruit with a hard seed inside such as a peach), a food seasoning spice from that hard seed, and dried the foliage and mixed with tobacco for flavoring. This story was posted on 2009-08-16 02:00:18
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