Melinda Myers

Staghorn Sumac

Botanical Name

Rhus typhina

Min Zone

4

Max Zone

8

Height

15 to 25 feet

Width

15 to 25 feet

Flowers

June to early July: greenish-yellow hairy panicles

Fruit

Red fuzzy drupes arranged on panicles

Fall Color

Yellow, orange and red

Light

Full sun to part shade

Soil

Adaptable

Planting & Care

• Easily transplanted
• Urban, drought and salt tolerant
• Colonizes by suckers

Problems

Aggressive, verticillium wilt

Varieties

• Dissecta - cut leaf variety, brilliant red fall color, fall foliage resembles flames
• Tiger Eyes - cut leaf variety with chartreuse foliage