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Gardens on Spring Creek
Autumn Amber three-leaf sumac
Rhus trilobata 'Autumn Amber'
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.0 in. to 1.2 ft.
Spread: 6.0 ft. to 8.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Groundcover, Shrub, Subshrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- April
- Flower Color
- Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Fall Color, Screening, Streetscape Plants
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Loam, Rocky, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No City Data
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This native selection was discovered in Texas, growing out of a limestone outcrop.
This is an important adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.
Will tolerate dry, rocky soils.