Edible wild plants: Staghorn Sumac - Rhus typhina (Wilderness survival tips and courses)

Sumac, is one of 250 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus and related genera, in the family Anacardiaceae. Sumacs are shrubs and small trees that can reach a height of 110 metres. "sumac-ade," "Indian lemonade" or "rhus juice". This drink is made by soaking the drupes in cool water, rubbing them to extract the essence, straining the liquid through a cotton cloth and sweetening it. Native Americans also used the leaves and berries of the smooth and staghorn sumacs combined with tobacco in traditional smoking mixtures.

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[PeakSurvival]

you pick the red seed pod and steep it in water, it does really taste like lemonade cold

[jackamesandwhich]

That looks like a red marijuana bud lol

[shogun6619]

Sumac stems make effective hand drills when thor­oughly dried. When green they also make good basket-weaving material. After burning out the center pith, you can use the stems for blowtubes and pipestems.

[fishingforbasses]

@stmarysks peak. lawl. Hence "peaksurvival".

[12321johndoe]

it tastes pretty good and its a good source of vit c

[AirsoftSniperNInja]

Never seen this one but seen its coson smooth sumac. We have the smooth sumacs and some areas of indiana in the north have poison and the babe was talking about

[stmarysks]

can,t find pick.com nor pic.com how do you spell it?

[Villa111111A]

You want warm water and not hot or boiling or you leach the tannins out. Tannins make it bitter. The ascorbic acid (vit c), which is the source of the tart flavor your after, is on the hairs of the berries, not in berries. Try to collect when the weather has been dry.

[CCVSquid]

yay I love learning about plants

[iamearthbornami]

thankyou with love

[vortex1114]

hottie! love it...