Missouri Plants Fragrant Sumac   (Rhus aromatica) Tracheophyte: Angiosperm: Dicot: Cashew (Anacardiaceae) Native North American Plant Habitat: part sun wooded areas. ID Features: leaves of 3 leaflets, fragrant aroma when crushed; resembles poison ivy but leaflets are joined without petioles to one another. Natural History: Fragrant sumac is a shrub that has leaves resembling poison ivy but is not poisonous. Its leaves turn a bright orange and red in the fall.

The information is from: Missouri Wildflowers by Edgar Denison, 5th Edition, Missouri Department of Conservation, ©1998.