Staghorn Sumac

Rhus typhina

Anacardiaceae (Cashew Family)

▲▼ young plants

▲ mature plants in Minnesota

▲ colony in Kansas

▲▼ flowers

▲▼ flowers and pubescent stems, leaf rachis'

▲ foliage, showing toothed margins, no wings on rachis

·         Staghorn Sumac:  (mentioned on p. 326, Weeds of the Northeast)

o   Similar to smooth sumac, but usually taller growing and leaves have short teeth on margins and new stems are covered with velvety hairs

o   Native to prairies west of Missouri; but sometimes grown as a cultivated plant here