Hiking and biking in parks and woodlands are popular outdoor activities, but some native plants can quickly make your outing miserable. One such plant is poison sumac, a deciduous, woody shrub or ...

Native Plant: Sweetgum trees have benefits in ... While sometimes considered a shrub and sometimes a tree, in favorable conditions, the staghorn sumac can reach 30-feet high, and as far across.

Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac are three plants notorious for causing itchy, uncomfortable rashes that can turn a pleasant outdoor experience into a nightmare. These plants contain ...

Foraging is the act of searching for and harvesting wild foods. Wild foods refers to edible plants (such as ramps, fruit trees, sumac) and fungi (mushrooms) that grow in parks, forests, and even ...