Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), habit (3.70151)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), several shrubs, habit of shrubs, turfgrass in foreground, tree trunk in background
Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), close-up of fruits in winter (3.70150)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), close-up of cluster of red, hairy berries (fruits) in winter
Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), fruits in winter (3.70149)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), clusters of hairy, red fruits (berries) in winter, twigs with leaf and flower buds in background
Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), habit (3.70148)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), habit of shrub, beginning fall color, sidewalk in foreground
Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), branches of leaves, flower buds, and fruits (3.70147)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), several branches of leaves with fall color, some flower buds and clusters of red, hairy fruits (berries)
Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), branches, leaves (3.70146)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), red purple fall color, several branches
Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), leaves, twig bark (3.70145)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), red fall color, alternate trifoliate leaves, bark of twig
Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), stems, leaves, fruit (3.70142)
Date: 2005 – 2012Creator: Hagstrom, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Rhus aromatica Ait. (fragrant sumac), several upright stems of green, trifoliate leaves; clusters of hairy red fruits in background
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) research, male flowers of (L) Acer pennsylvanicum and (R) Rhus aromatica (3.4576)
Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) research, male flowers of (L) Acer pennsylvanicum and (R) Rhus aromatica
Lobed intrastaminal disk with remnants of stamens appear in between lobes
Flowers are not complete because parts were removed to show disk
Extent: 1 photograph
Leaf Prints: Fragrant Sumac (3.27739)
Date: circa 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Print
Description:A white negative nature print of fragrant sumac leaves, stems, and buds on a dark background with identifying text at bottom right handwritten by May T. Watts.
Identifying text:
- Sumach fragrant
- Rhus canadensis
Extent: 1 sheet
Fragrance and Flavor in Leaf, Bark, Twig, and Fruit (3.24626)
Date: 1943Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of variety of leaves, buds, plant habits and bark, created to accompany " Fragrance and Flavor in Leaf, Bark, Twig, and Fruit" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Includes identifying illustrations of source trees and identifying text in pen and ink.
Divided into five sections, from top to bottom, left to right:
1) FRAGRANCE IN BRUISED LEAVES
- Sweetbriar - fragrance of green apple sauce
- Sweet shrub - scent of strawberries
- Fragrant sumac - aromatic with a trace of lemon
- Bayberry - aromatic with a hint of balsam
- Mother-of-thyme - fragrant, with a suggestion of new lumber
- Jeffrey pine - a sharp tang of orange peel
- Arbor vitae - in hot sun a smell of "wild strawberries with a hint of resin" - Wilder
- Balsam fir - aromatic and spicy
- Sweet cicely - odor of anise, or licorice
- Sassafras - "fragrance of lemon and a thousand spices" - Thoreau
- Sweet bay - a culinary fragrance reminiscent of soups and stews
- Spice-bush - smooth aroma of mingled spices
- Hay-scented fern - fragrance of new-mown hay
- Sweet fern - resinous and spicy
- Southernwood - smooth sweet fragrance
- Chaste tree - mint with a hint of spice
- Cherry birch - cool, smooth flavor of wintergreen
- Yellow birch - mild taste of wintergreen
- Black cherry - taste of bitter almond
- Slippery elm - inner bark pleasantly mucilaginous
- Juniper - a pleasant aromatic taste
- Sumac - a berry on the tongue gives a taste of "Indian lemonade"
- Balm of gilead - resinous and strongly aromatic
- Flowering quince - good to put in a pocket, or with hankerchiefs
Extent: 1 sheet