Staghorn sumac is an open land species often found on drier soils, but which may occasionally occur on low ground. It is a species of prairies and other grasslands, old fields, roadsides, savannas and woodlands, and fencerows. It is found from New England south to Georgia west to Michigan, Iowa, Missouri and Mississippi.

Rhus typhina, the staghorn sumac, [5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae, native to eastern North America. It is primarily found in southeastern Canada, the northeastern and midwestern United States, and the Appalachian Mountains, [6] but it is widely cultivated as an ornamental throughout the temperate world.

Staghorn sumac, also called vinegar sumac, is a short tree that grows in a roundish shape. Key staghorn tree facts: Foliage: deciduous – Flowering: June to August. It’s found very appealing for its fuzzy red fruit clusters, but sometimes becomes problematic because it spreads very fast.

4 to 8 in. panicles of tiny 1/4" greenish white flowers with 5 yellow to green petals in late spring early summer. Male and female flowers on separate trees. Alternate pinnately compound 16"-24" leaves with 11-31 lanceolate leaflets (2-5" long); serrate margins. Great fall color.

Rhus typhina, commonly called staghorn sumac, is the largest of the North American sumacs. It is native to woodland edges, roadsides, railroad embankments and stream/swamp margins from Quebec to Ontario to Minnesota south to Georgia, Indiana and Iowa. This is an open, spreading shrub (sometimes a small tree) that typically grows 15-25’ tall.

Staghorn sumac is found throughout the eastern half of the United States. It generally prefers fertile, upland sites but tolerates a wide variety of conditions. Sumac is tolerant of slightly acid soil conditions and textures ranging from coarse to fine. Typical growing sites …

Staghorn sumac is often used in mass plantings, for naturalizing, or on steep slopes. Its open habit and hairy stems resemble horns on a male deer, giving it its name. It is one of the last plants to leaf out in the spring with bright green leaves that change to …

Photos and information about Minnesota flora - Staghorn Sumac: large shrub to small tree, large compound leaves; pyramidal cluster of tiny 5-petaled yellowish to greenish flowers, dense cluster of fuzzy red berry-like drupes

Prized for its spectacular fall foliage and showy fruits, Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac) is a large suckering deciduous shrub or small tree with picturesque branches and velvety reddish-brown branchlets. The foliage of large, pinnate, bright-green leaves, 24 in. long (60 cm), turns striking shades of orange, yellow and scarlet in fall.

Colony-forming, deciduous shrub with crooked, leaning trunks, picturesque branches and velvety twigs. Large, bright-green, pinnately-compound leaves become extremely colorful in early fall.