| Scientific Name: | Rhus typhina |
| Common Name: | staghorn sumac |
| Family Name: | Anacardiaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Spreading |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract birds, Erosion control, Native planting, Screening, Tall background, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Lanceolate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, Yellow, Green-yellow, Green, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Red, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems reddish, velvety; leaves alternate, pinnately compound, 13 to 27 leaflets sessile, lanceolate, most 5-12(-14)cm long x 1.5-3.5cm wide, hairy rachis; flowers yellow-green panicles 7-17cm long; fruit hairy, crimson, aggregate of drupes, oblong, 4-5mm long, in thick terminal clusters, persistent. Winter ID: leaf scar encircles fuzzy bud; twigs pubescent; persistent fruit. | |