Groundsel Tree Dappled Shade also known as the Shumard

also known as the Shumard oak

purplish-pink or even red

drying to a wheat color

Its foliage features coarse

From late spring to fall

Groundsel Tree Dappled Shade also known as the ShumardBaccharis halimifolia Common Names: Groundsel Tree, Eastern Baccharis, Salt Bush, Sea Myrtle, Comsumptionweed, Salt Marsh Elder, and Groundsel Bush. A fast growing, medium to large, deciduous shrub native to the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the eastern and southern United States. It typically grows in exposed, sandy areas, salt marshes, roadsides, ditches, and other open, disturbed sites. Mature specimens take on a highly branched, rounded to