Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) Linnaeus, 1756

 

Synonyms: Rhus hirta, Datisca hirta, Toxicodendron typhinum

 

 

Rhus typhina is native to eastern North America, from the Great Lakes east to Nova Scotia, and south to Tennessee and South Carolina in the Appalachians (Map). A deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 5 m in height. The leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, 25-55 cm long. Leaf petioles and stems are densely covered in reddish hairs. The flowers are minute, greenish or yellowish, arranged in dense terminal panicles. The fruits are small reddish drupes in dense clusters. R. typhina flowers from May through July. Fall foliage is brilliant red, orange, or yellow.

 

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