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Rhus
typhina 'Laciniata' |
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Cutleaf
Staghorn Sumac |
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Stiffly
upright, loose, open, but suckering freely,
eventually forming a flattish to somewhat
rounded outline. |
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15-25 feet
tall with a spread of 15-20 feet |
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Plants are
dioecious. Flowers are greenish, bone in dense,
hairy panicles, 4-8 inches long |
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Late June to
early July |
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Leaves are
alternate, pinnately compound with 11-13 deeply
divided fine textured leaflets, each
lance-oblong, 2-5 inches long, with an acuminate
apex and a serrate margin, pubescent when young.
Leaf petiole is rose-colored. |
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Fall color
is orange to red, usually very bright and showy. |
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Buds are
hairy leaf scars C-shaped, not elevated. |
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Stems are
stout, club-like, rounded, densely velvety
hairy. Young stems covered with rose-colored
pubescence. |
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Fruit is a
crimson, densely hairy drupe, ½ inch in
diameter, ripening in August-September and persisting. |
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