sumacs

Below the blue sky the landscape I walked through was all gray and black and brown and tan and faded blond, except for the bright red of the berries remaining on the sumacs ...

Lance Mannion: 2008

The other half of the way, the first half as you head south from here, is more open, shaded in spots at ten in the morning by free-standing ashes, thin lines of young hawthorns, aspens, and birches no bigger around than my wrist, and the occasional tall-growing sumacs.

Lance Mannion: 2008

The other half of the way, the first half as you head south from here, is more open, shaded in spots at ten in the morning by free-standing ashes, thin lines of young hawthorns, aspens, and birches no bigger around than my wrist, and the occasional tall-growing sumacs.

One for the birds 2008

Below the blue sky the landscape I walked through was all gray and black and brown and tan and faded blond, except for the bright red of the berries remaining on the sumacs ...

Notes from the field: In praise of November 2008

Groves of magnolias, dogwoods, river birches, sassafrases and staghorn sumacs can become eye-catching art objects growing in groupings.

Follow the Basic Principles for Landscape Planning: Green Scene 2010

The frost earlier this week seems to have flipped a switch on the ash trees, sumacs, and upland maples, so "color" advances.

Apropos of nothing jhetley 2008

Milkweed pods showing, sumacs starting to set fruit, general air of late summer.

Inspirational weather jhetley 2008

Rounding the butt-end of the ridge I saw the sun's departing rays light up the crown of a hill covered with red and russet sumacs so bright they hurt the eyes.

A man not so good at running gets better at giving thanks 2005

He walked from the village into the tall stands of chestnuts and sumacs.

Spirited Nancy Holder 2004

There are flares of red in a few maples, the sumacs turn scarlet, farmers start mowing down the corn shocks and what's left standing has begun to brown.

Lance Mannion: 2004