Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Rhus glabra L.

Family: Anacardiaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Rhus borealis Greene, Rhus calophylla Greene, Rhus glabra L. var. laciniata Carr., Rhus glabra L. var. occidentalis Torr., Rhus glabrum

Common names:

Caηzi (1918?-1970?, Lakota, yellow wood) (121)

Chan-zi (1919, Dakota, yellow-wood) (37)

Haz-ni-hu (1919, Winnebago, water-fruit bush) (37)

Indian salt (1876) (92)

Makibûg (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Minbdi-hi (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Moηbidse bakoη (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

Mountain sumac (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Nuppikt (1919, Pawnee, sour top) (37)

Pakwan-minš (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Pennsylvania sumac [Pennsylvania sumach] (1898-1929) (5, 49, 53, 55, 156, 157, 158)

Red sumac (1930) (106)

Rhus coriariorum (1879) (46)

Scarlet sumac [Scarlet sumach] (1900-1932) (5, 85, 93, 95, 106, 107, 156, 157, 158)

Senhalanac [Senhalenac] (1893-1923, Ferrisburgh VA, name of Saranac River comes from this) (5, 74, 156, 158)

Shoe-make [Shoe make] (1892-1913, verbal corruption) (5, 73, 158)

Shoemate (1806, Meriwether Lewis) (35)

Sleek sumac [Sleek sumach] (1840-1929) (5, 19, 156, 157, 158)

Smooth Pennsylvania sumac [Smooth Pennsylvanian sumach] (1785) (8)

Smooth sumac [Smooth sumach] (1770-Present) (3, 4, 5, 9, 15, 27, 37, 41, 49, 50, 52, 53, 72, 82, 92, 95, 105, 109, 113, 121, 130, 131, 138, 145, 156, 157, 158)

Smooth upland sumac (1937, OK) (97)

Smooth-leaf sumac [Smooth leaved sumach] (1770) (41)

Staghorn sumac (1937, TX) (122)

Sumac [Sumach, Sumack] (1820-1928) (22, 38, 40, 48, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61)

Sumac glabre (1785, French) (8)

Sumac of East Texas (1937, TX) (124)

Upland sumac [Upland sumach] (1869-1929) (49, 53, 58, 92, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Vinegar tree [Vinegar-tree] (1900-1929) (5, 107, 156, 157, 158)

White sumac [White sumach, White shumack] (1896-1929, Southwestern MO) (5, 76, 156, 157, 158)

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