smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
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Flowering plantsIn Athens County, Ohio

Smooth sumac

Rhus glabra L.

Smooth sumac in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Genus
Rhus
Near Athens County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (25)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (54)
  • Recorded, season not shown (8)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
smooth sumac by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yet
Athens County192 · Season shown
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yet
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yet
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clermont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga County20 · Recorded, season not shown
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Franklin County22 · Recorded, season not shown
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene County26 · Recorded, season not shown
Guernsey CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hamilton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hocking County20 · Recorded, season not shown
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain County23 · Recorded, season not shown
Lucas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Montgomery CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yet
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Noble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pickaway CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yet
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yet
Stark County23 · Recorded, season not shown
Summit County36 · Recorded, season not shown
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood County24 · Recorded, season not shown
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Athens County

Mid-May to early December, middle week Sep 27 – Oct 3

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Recording in Athens County · records of all species each week, 51,499 in all

Records per week from 192 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 96 dates. Latest record: September 2025.

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Records of smooth sumac in Athens County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of smooth sumacYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–100074
Jan 11–1700132
Jan 18–2400107
Jan 25–3111219
Feb 1–711392
Feb 8–1400232
Feb 15–2100235
Feb 22–2800361
Mar 1–722532
Mar 8–1400466
Mar 15–2100593
Mar 22–2800950
Mar 29 – Apr 4001,265
Apr 5–11001,616
Apr 12–18001,804
Apr 19–25001,926
Apr 26 – May 2112,291
May 3–9001,407
May 10–16521,408
May 17–231032,542
May 24–30001,821
May 31 – Jun 611798
Jun 7–1322775
Jun 14–2000830
Jun 21–2722700
Jun 28 – Jul 411549
Jul 5–1100664
Jul 12–1833869
Jul 19–2574700
Jul 26 – Aug 111673
Aug 2–822613
Aug 9–1500871
Aug 16–2254807
Aug 23–29211,289
Aug 30 – Sep 5752,925
Sep 6–12822,530
Sep 13–19852,417
Sep 20–26831,530
Sep 27 – Oct 33441,628
Oct 4–103341,836
Oct 11–171041,920
Oct 18–2422825
Oct 25–3132930
Nov 1–782881
Nov 8–1483846
Nov 15–2152573
Nov 22–2844536
Nov 29 – Dec 511270
Dec 6–1252982
Dec 13–1900158
Dec 20–2611106
Dec 27 – Jan 21195

Reported in flower

No records here show flowers yet, so there is no flowering season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

No fruiting season shown here. Most records come from a single year, so a season is not shown yet.

In Ohio

Late May to early December, middle week Aug 16–22

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 801 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 537 dates. Latest record: December 2025.

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Records of smooth sumac in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of smooth sumacYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10226,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24114,645
Jan 25–31114,698
Feb 1–7446,023
Feb 8–14225,888
Feb 15–21435,436
Feb 22–28116,846
Mar 1–7328,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–211112,620
Mar 22–282213,949
Mar 29 – Apr 41119,661
Apr 5–111126,860
Apr 12–184439,925
Apr 19–253241,623
Apr 26 – May 22256,391
May 3–91152,952
May 10–169453,785
May 17–2314657,698
May 24–3012454,651
May 31 – Jun 68253,099
Jun 7–1314653,700
Jun 14–2016656,625
Jun 21–2723955,361
Jun 28 – Jul 439858,477
Jul 5–1129861,336
Jul 12–18511064,722
Jul 19–2534769,753
Jul 26 – Aug 135959,416
Aug 2–8431059,712
Aug 9–1537955,994
Aug 16–2230954,328
Aug 23–2917751,772
Aug 30 – Sep 526857,167
Sep 6–1232759,075
Sep 13–1935854,543
Sep 20–2627945,860
Sep 27 – Oct 3571043,180
Oct 4–1047837,841
Oct 11–1726930,824
Oct 18–2418721,156
Oct 25–3111419,021
Nov 1–720814,172
Nov 8–1411412,621
Nov 15–211057,965
Nov 22–28768,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5546,083
Dec 6–121166,004
Dec 13–19415,423
Dec 20–26445,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2628,459

Reported in flower

Usually reported in flower late June to mid-August, middle week Jul 5–11.

From 71 records that show flowers. Not every photo of a plant in flower is marked as flowering, so this shows when people reported it in flower, not when it flowers.

Reported in fruit

No fruiting season shown here. The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Rhus recorded in Athens County

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • staghorn sumac Rhus typhinaOften confused in Ohio: 126 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissimaOften confused in Ohio: 24 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • eastern black walnut Juglans nigraOften confused in Ohio: 13 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix16 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed53%49%
Forest22%31%
Farmland16%11%
Grassland and shrub3%0.9%
Open water2%3%
Wetland2%5%
Barren2%0.6%

From 503 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Athens County result

192 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.