http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus_copallina

http://edibleplantproject.org/2010/09/sumac/#more-859

Anyone ever try eating it? I have several trees growing wild and I keep seeing dozens of little ones popping up everywhere. I'm tempted to taste a berry since it says it's safe and I BELIEVE I have positively identified it. It looks very different than the poison sumac and the environmental conditions don't match for the poison sumac either (very wet swampy conditions).

Does the wood make good firewood? There are so many of these trees I have examples growing that show 1 year, 2 year, 3 year, growth, and after 1 year it seems to have the fastest growth spurt. It grows very fast and I don't use a lot of firewood anyway.