Rhus ovata - Sugar bush

Sugar bush (Rhus ovata) is an evergreen shrub of dry chaparral and oak woodland in southwestern North America, its tart fruit soaked to make a lemonade-like drink.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹
• Oil¹

Type

• Rhus spp. - Sumac
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Attracting bees¹
• Soil stabilization¹
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Fire resistance²

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	2

Footnotes

1. Rhus ovata | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩