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Anacardiaceae
Rhus

not marked as a favorite taxon Rhus typhina Linnaeus. Common name: Staghorn Sumac. Phenology: May-Jun; Jun-Sep. Habitat: Roadsides, old pastures, thickets, clearings, rock outcrops, barrens. Distribution: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick west to Minnesota, south to n. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kansas.

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Subgenus: Rhus.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The apparently older epithet "hirta" was formally rejected in 1999 (see Gandhi 2016 for summary).

Other Comments: The species, especially in its cut-leaved forms, forma laciniata (Wood) Rehder and forma dissecta Rehder, is very popular in Europe as a cultivated ornamental.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA13, G, K1, K4, Mi, Mo2, NeUS, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV; = Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw. — Il, NE, S; = Schmaltzia hirta (L.) Small — S13; > Rhus typhina L. var. laciniata Alph. Wood — Barkley (1937); > Rhus typhina L. var. typhina — Barkley (1937). Basionym: Rhus typhina L. 1756

Links to other floras: = Rhus typhina - FNA13

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image #1 of Rhus typhina© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Rhus typhina© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Rhus typhina© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Rhus typhina© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Rhus typhina© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Rhus typhina© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Rhus typhina© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Rhus typhina© Alan Cressler: Rhus typhina, fruit, Jacks River, Cohutta Wilderness, Chattahoochee National Forest, Fannin County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Rhus typhina© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Rhus typhina© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Rhus typhina© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #15 of Rhus typhina© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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Height: to 30 feet

plant sale text: Stag-Horn Sumac is a shrub or small tree frequently found along roadsides and other sunny areas in the mountains. Its flowering clusters (female plants) are loved by honeybees. Later bright red berries attract many bird species through the winter. Perfect even on impossible slopes. The shades of blaze- orange leaves tinged with red in early autumn is unlike any other color display among our native trees or shrubs.

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native range: eastern North America