PLANTS Profile for Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

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PLANTS Profile

Rhus typhina L.
staghorn sumac

Symbol:

RHTY

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Anacardiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Tree

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Rhus hirta

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MI. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Synonym Information:

RHHI2: Characteristics
RHHI2: Fact Sheet (pdf) (doc)

Images:
Rhus typhina L.

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Synonyms:
Rhus typhina L.

DAHI	Datisca hirta L.
RHHI2	Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw.	staghorn sumac
RHTYL	Rhus typhina L. var. laciniata Alph. Wood

Distribution:
Rhus typhina L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, PE, QC)

Related Taxa:
Rhus typhina L.

View 22 genera in Anacardiaceae, 20 species in Rhus

Classification:
Rhus typhina L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Sapindales
Family	Anacardiaceae – Sumac family
Genus	Rhus L. – sumac
Species	Rhus typhina L. – staghorn sumac

U.S. Weed Information:
Rhus typhina L.

staghorn sumac

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

N'EAST

Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.

More Accounts and Images:
Rhus typhina L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Rhus typhina L.

CT-Connecticut Botanical Society

Canada-Agriculture

USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

WI-Trees of Wisconsin

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 01:41 PM CST