seeds are treated in ho twater, drained and washed several times sown in cold trays. hot water treatment is critical. Also root cuttings, taken in winter are possible, but require sampling sections near a finger size.
Rhus coriaria seeds were found to show double dormancy; see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258125975_Post-_fire_regeneration_of_hardseeded_plants_ecophysiology_of_seed_germination.
You may want to follow the procedures described in that paper.
Conference Paper Post-fire regeneration of hardseeded plants: Ecophysiology o...