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I don't have pictures but I wanted to see if anyone has an idea:
1. Deciduous
2. It is in the woods behind my house in partial shade/partial sun
3. It is sprawling and maybe 8 ft by 10 ft
4. It has small red pointed berries
5. The leaves are pointed at the end and they're red and pinkish(honestly) in Fall.
6. The leaves are in a pinnate structure on the branch
7. There are spots of peeling bark all over
The shrub is hideous to me, but I'd like to know what it is before I try to hack it down. I am also in zone 7.
Much of your description fits Sumac trees/bushes, though they usually thrive in full sun but can be found in part sun. They suffer from a few diseases/pests that can cause scabby looking bark.
Much of your description fits Sumac trees/bushes, though they usually thrive in full sun but can be found in part sun. They suffer from a few diseases/pests that can cause scabby looking bark.
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Obviously a picture would make it a lot easier.
Thanks for guessing! I know I suck and I still don't have pictures. It is not a sumac. We have native and cultivated (tiger eyes I LOVE those) sumacs, and mystery shrub seems to be notably different.
The shrub in the woods has smaller, and thinner leaves than tiger eyes and smooth sumac. It also gets berries in the Fall...at which point the distinctive and somewhat uniform "peeling" also appears. It is hideous, but I can say after double-checking it is probably not poison sumac or regular sumac.
The leaves are various colors in the Fall, one of which is light pink. Isn't that strange? I figured a shrub so striking and hideous (IMO...it scares me every fall...it looks like "demon shrub") would be easier to identify.
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Originally Posted by rainroosty
How do you know it's not an Ilex?
The first thing I thought was possibly a type of deciduous holly...but I only know verticillata....and the shrub in question has small berries that come to a point at the ends.
The leaves do have a very "holly-like" look to me...they look sort of "sharp" although there is just a point similar to the shape of the sumac leaf, but with straight edges and coming, again to the sharp-looking point.
I know I should visit a library...LOL but a search on the internet only came up with the well-known "round" berries. The scary demon shrub has pointed red berries.
The combinations in your descriptions aren't ringing many bells. There is one kind of Euonymous that fits some of your observations (pink to red leaves, pointy leaves and berries (sort of) and corky bark): Euonymous alatus (not the compacta form)
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but I wanted to see if anyone has an idea:
