The birds came from all over and sat in the sumac tree as the audience of the nightingale,the sumac tree bowed because of the large weight of the audience.
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I think the answer is the Smoke Tree
Autotroph
The tree of Heaven, Ailanthus altissima, also called the Chinese Sumac or the Stinking Sumac. This is a very invasive foreign species that spreads over vacant lots especially in the poorer areas of New York at that time.
From what I understand, Poison Sumac only grows in very wet areas such as bogs and wetlands. However common sumac looks very similar to a pecan. Eventually, the dense cluster of drupes (or sumac bobs) should give it away. As a extra note, I think the drupes are white on poison sumac.
'Toxic sumac tree' may be an English equivalent of 'Rhus toxicodendron'. The Greek word 'Rhus' refers to the 'Sumac' members of the Anacardioidea subfamily. The Greek word 'toxicodendron' means 'toxic tree'.
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Ailanthus altissima is the scientific name of 'Chinese sumac'. More familiar common names in the United States of America are 'Tree of heaven' and 'Stink tree'. It's called 'Tree of heaven' because of its ability to grow healthy and tall despite adverse environmental conditions. It's called 'stink tree' because of the unpleasant odor from its unattractively colored blooms.
No, African sumac [Rhus lancea] isn't poisonous to animals. But it's a close relative of poison ivy [Toxicodendron radicans]. So all parts of the tree contain the urushiol oil to which many humans are allergic.
My chihuahua mix eats the bark off a fallen staghorn sumac at least once a day, and has shown no ill effects. The flowers of the tree are edible (for people) and contain lots of vitamin C.
Horses can typically eat the bark of Sumac trees with no ill effects and it is not listed as being toxic. However it should be noted that if horses are allowed to strip bark off of trees it can and will kill the trees.