Easily-confused! |
If your specimen is a/​has: | with leaflet margin (edge): | with (seasonally) flower cluster: | | then you have: |
| | | | |
woody stem, shrub;
2–3–5 × the height of an 🚶︎ adult human; stem and twigs=⫴ hairy |
▲▲ toothed with large teeth, visible from 🚶︎🚶︎🚶︎ 3 steps back; milky juice exuded from leaf injury |
size of very-large
ice cream cone, inverted above branch, yellow-green (flower) or deep-red (fruit) |
| lookalike
staghorn sumac Rhus typhina.
|
tree;
bark=smooth, tan or light gray-green with optional shallow tan furrows, many lenticels |
___ smooth, except base has 0–1–2–4 ⋂ bumps; crushed leaflets
👃︎ smell like 🥜︎ peanut butter or rotting cashews | large, above branch, yellow-to-orange |
| lookalike
tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima.
|
tree; bark=deeply furrowed tan;
some months 🌰︎ nuts on or under tree, which do not separate into sections |
▲▲ toothed with long teeth, visible from arm's length;
leaf=very large (>20 cm) (>8 in), leaflets=large (4–20 cm) (1½–8 in)
| size of little-finger,
green catkin
| |
this plant, please
continue below …
|