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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhus typhina
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
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You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Staghorn Sumac at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhus typhina
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-006:
Rhus typhina FAMILY Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhus hirta
COMMON NAME:
Staghorn Sumac
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_693
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rhhi2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_rhty_005_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_rhty_006_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0504s_17
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10232214963852852
August
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JK Marlow jkm0409e_36
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0409e_37
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0409f_1718
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Stems densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
stems of Sumac species
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JK Marlow jkm0409f_21
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Popular as a cultivated ornamental in Europe, esp the cut-leaved forms, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090924_001
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park
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JK Marlow jkm090924_008
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park
Leaves with 15-31 sessile, serrate leaflets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves of Sumac and Tree-of-heaven
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JK Marlow jkm130908_169
September Hancock County ME
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JK Marlow jkm130908_175
September Hancock County ME
Leaves pinnately compound, whitened beneath, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhus typhina
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhus typhina
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-006:
Rhus typhina
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rhus hirta
1241
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, old pastures, thickets, clearings, rock outcrops, barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 15-31 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-yellow/White
4-5 sepals
4-5 petals
4-5 stamens
Usually bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p376
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p071
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p315
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p078
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p164
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p222
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p086
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p067
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p320
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p299
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p373
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p081
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p166
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p09
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p294
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