Origins: Old fields, power line cuts, roadsides, meadows, and pastures.

Uses: The dried ripe fruit of sumac is valuable as a source of tannic acid. Preparations of these hits are effective as astringents, antidiuretics, and tonics. In Appalachia, leaves are smoked to treat asthma

A guide to medicinal plants of  Appalachia/ Krochmal, Arnold; Walter, Russel S.; Doughty, Richard M.: USA: U.S.D.A Forest Service:,1959