Closeup of Bright Red Sumac Leaves Growing in Johnson County Kansas near Kansas City. It Is a Typical Plant of Tallgrass Prairie and Invades Areas of Grass That Are Not Maintained by Grazing Or Fire. Only Isolated Patches of Native Tallgrass Prairie Survive in the State after the Wave of Pioneers Plowed and Planted Crops in the Fertile Soil, 1974.
Photographer: Duncan, Patricia D. Original public domain image from Flickr