Rhus lanceolata

Rhus lanceolata, the prairie sumac, is a species of plant native to the south-western United States, and northern Mexico.
Rhus lanceolata is a shrub or small tree up to 9 m tall, reproducing by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are pinnately compound with 13-17 lanceolate leaflets and a winged rachis. Leaflets are entire or with small teeth, green and shiny above but whitish and pubescent below. Flowers are born in a panicle up to 14 cm tall. Flowers are white to greenish. Fruits are lens-shaped, about 6 mm across, dark red and hairy.

Uses

Birds eat the fruit during the winter, and deer forage the foliage. The tannin-containing leaves have been used to tan leather.