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Sat, Apr 2, 11 at 18:04
| I am planting a garden of native plants about twelve miles up HWY 74 from the Coachella Valley. I've found almost every plant I was looking for (big thanks to the folks at The Living Desert in Palm Desert - great native plant sale today and tomorrow), but I can not find a source locally or online for the Desert Sumac, Rhus Microphylla. It's such an important and desirable wildlife plant that I hate to go without it. Anyone have any suggestions? |
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- Posted by terrestrial_man 9 (eyuracleo@hotmail.com) on Sat, Apr 2, 11 at 18:39
| If you are near any plants you may want to get some cuttings or collect seed. Apparently seed is available commercially. Check the link below for propagation info. They list a Texas nursery but it is a walk-in and also a garden where the plants are grown. Maybe contacting them asking for seed will get you what you want? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Rhus microphylla
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| Out of curiosity, is Rhus microphylla (littleaf Sumac), a CA native? I can't find it as such in CalFlora or Jepson and the USDA plants database shows it as AZ/NM/TX/OK. I can't imagine though that Rhus aromatica, R. ovata or R. integrifolia are any easier to find at nurseries. |
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