Sumac Edible Uses- Identification of Smooth Sumac

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Matthew Hunter shows how to use and identify smooth sumac(Rhus glabra). The uses and basic identification are the same for staghorn sumac(Rhus typhina). Pinnate leaves, red berries(which are sometimes used as a spice), and a sour taste. This common edible plant makes a delicious sour tea(sumac ade) by soaking the berries in cold water for an hour, then straining. Sumac also has medicinal benefits which are not covered in this video. Overall, it's a wonderful shrub to know, and is very common throughout the eastern United States/Canada, and even into medium range elevation areas of the west.

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@nadinebm9513 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you👏👍💟

@tedlofland3446 29 күн бұрын

Interesting I did not know you could make a beverage from sumac. I use the ripe berries in my bee smoker to make the bee mites drop off and fall thru the screened bottom.

@some1intheworld 3 жыл бұрын

made some staghorn sumac lemonade, shit was cash son

@dianelott6849 2 ай бұрын

My mom used to make us pink lemonade from sumac ❤️

@LuxVblogs 2 ай бұрын

I found several trees. Just didn’t know they were of any use.

@aiLoveE 2 жыл бұрын

good info. so i guess, when bought from the shop and is kind of salty it means that salt was added?

@dr.burtgummerfan439 Жыл бұрын

These things grow like weeds on my property, always wondered what they were and if there's any usefulness for them. I cut down a bunch every year, this year I'll wait until I can try the fruit.😁

@yuegonghuamei6685 Жыл бұрын

Why bitter out is bad thing soak in hot water?

@Livesacred 2 жыл бұрын

How do you clean the bugs off before you prepare them?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

I don't. I try to pick fruit without bugs, but either way it all goes through a strainer, so no bugs end up in the final product.

@gailschumacher4147 3 жыл бұрын

Will this grow in Grant's, New Mexico?

@phoenicianbird109 2 жыл бұрын

This tree will grow in hell if you put it ther :) Dont worry it will grow anywhere... Its a powerful tree

@nurhimatussoliha4243 3 жыл бұрын

Excuse me, if drink sumac, better with warm / hot water or cold water Thank you

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Cold water is best

@choungchiv2441 7 ай бұрын

Are all sumac berries good for lemonade or just a certain species?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 7 ай бұрын

All species can be used

@MatthewBendyna 2 жыл бұрын

Does smooth leaf sumac ever have drupes hanging in a downward fashion during the spring season when the fruit is still a creamy white cluster of flowers?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, sometimes the spent remains of the previous years fruit will still be hanging on.

@MatthewBendyna 2 жыл бұрын

@@LegacyWildernessAcademy There was no red. I'm in the Rockies and they were hanging up on a trail going up a small mountain/hill. They were all cream colored flowers, not red fruit, but I heard that the fruit starts off as white, cream colored conical configurations of flowers. The book I have also warns that smooth sumac is erect and poison sumac is drooping., That's why I wanted more information and started looking online. However, the serrated leaves point just confirmed that it's not poison sumac. "Foraging The Rockies" by Falcon Guides is the book I'm reading.

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewBendyna yeah poison sumac is an eastern swamp species, it doesn't grow in the Rockies.

@MatthewBendyna 2 жыл бұрын

@@LegacyWildernessAcademy What other species are those unsafe to eat that make you sick?

@LegacyWildernessAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

@@MatthewBendyna too many to list. Message me at matthew@legacywildernessacademy.com and I will send you some helpful free resources