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Originally Posted by GeneralLeeTPHLS
We hit 29C today, with quite a lot of humidity. We did get some rain for about 5 minutes at 1 pm, and a more sustained amount of rain by 9:30 pm.
I was in Mississauga for the day, so i decided to go for two short walks during the day to ID plants and see how the local parks are doing. The one by my old house is really starting to grow in in some places, with lots of oak and other hardwood saplings now growing up, including a Northern Catalpa or two.
Anyways, when visiting the local conservancy, I noted the large (American) Beech population in one area, just north of a large stand of Eastern White Pines
 An American Beech | Fagus grandifolia by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr
This is a few smooth Sumacs (I'm 95% sure about this*) growing by the main trail to the area I went to.
 Rhus glabra by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr |
It probably is smooth sumac, looking at the fairly sparse and drooping berry cluster. The main difference between smooth and staghorn is the staghorn has fuzzy branches.
There's one other type I've seen in Ontario, shining sumac, also known as winged sumac. Poison sumac is also out there, but very rare and I've never encountered it.
Shining sumac. Wings along leaf stem and smooth leaf edges.
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