| Description | A tall, wide spreading, suckering shrub that has spectacular fall color. |
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| Pronunciation | (rhoos or Rhuss)(TIE-fee-na) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, tolerates dry unfertile |
| Flowers | green flowers are not of ornamental value, dioecious (separate male and female plants). |
| Fruit | produced on female plant, found on a terminal panicle, red, covered with fine hair, very hard |
| Leaves | compound leaves have deeply cut leaflets, green in summer, yellows and oranges in the fall |
| Stems | pubescent |
| Dimensions | 8-10 feet tall, suckers to form colonies |
| Maintenance | Some people prune to the ground every other year |
| Propagation | Seeds need to be soaked in sulfuric acid to soften their seed coat (scarification). Easier from root cuttings or division. |
| Native Site | Species plant is from eastern United States. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery), #63-How to recognize Shrubs (William Carey Grimm) |
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