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Field Guides · Rhus · Southeast
A Field Guide to the Sumacs (Rhus)
Field Guide · The Genus Rhus · Southeastern United States. A grower's guide to the sumacs Woodlanders keeps in cultivation, from staghorn and smooth sumac to the federally endangered Michaux's, with the poison sumac question settled once and for all.
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