OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhus typhina   FAMILY Anacardiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

image of Rhus typhina, Staghorn Sumac

JK Marlow    jkm0409e_37

September    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

image of Rhus typhina, Staghorn Sumac

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).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this 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

image of Rhus typhina, Staghorn Sumac

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).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Sumac and Tree-of-heaven

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JK Marlow    jkm130908_169

September    Hancock County    ME

image of Rhus typhina, Staghorn Sumac

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

 

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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)

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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

 

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