Species

Rhus typhina

Common Name(s)

staghorn sumac

Family

Anacardiaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

RHUTYP

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Distribution

Native to eastern North America and found primarily in southeastern Canada, the northeastern and midwestern United States of Americ, southern Ontario, and the Appalachian Mountains.

Features

Grows as a dioecious tree to 3–10 m tall with alternate, pinnately compound leaves 25–55 cm long, each with 9–31 serrate leaflets 6–11 cm long. The leaf petioles and the stems are densely covered in rust-colored hairs.

Flower Colours

Red / Pink,White

Year Naturalised

1958

Origin

E. North America

This page last updated on 16 Jan 2012