| Description | A native tall shrub with bright red fall foliage. Can spread and form large colonies. |
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| Pronunciation | (rhoos or Rhuss)(TIE-fee-na) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | Prefers well drained rich soils but adaptable to most any soils except for poorly drained wet soils. |
| Flowers | small, yellowish green in small clusters, blooming in June. |
| Fruit | red, roundish, 1/8 inch in diameter, in compact terminal clusters, ripen in the fall, seeds may be consumed by birds |
| Leaves | green, pinnately compound, 11-30 leaflets, serrated, turning a brilliant red in the fall, glaucous and downy below, downy petioles |
| Stems | downy branches |
| Dimensions | Can reach up to 30 feet tall and will spread to form large colonies. The center plants of the colonies will be the largest. |
| Propagation | scarified seeds, root cuttings, division |
| Native Site | Native too many regions of the USA. |
| Misc Facts | The young fruit of most red seeded Sumac can be used to make pleasantly acid lemonade-like drink or ground and used as a spice adding a lemon flavor to the dish. Early North American colonists called Staghorn Sumac "Dyer's Sumac" because of the yellow dye which could be made from it. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #63-How to recognize Shrubs (Grimm) |
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