Rhus typhina 'Laciniata'
Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac
 

Stiffly upright, loose, open, but suckering freely, eventually forming a flattish to somewhat rounded outline.
15-25 feet tall with a spread of 15-20 feet
Plants are dioecious. Flowers are greenish, bone in dense, hairy panicles, 4-8 inches long
Late June to early July
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.
Fall color is orange to red, usually very bright and showy.
Buds are hairy leaf scars C-shaped, not elevated.
Stems are stout, club-like, rounded, densely velvety hairy. Young stems covered with rose-colored pubescence.
Fruit is a crimson, densely hairy drupe, ˝ inch in diameter, ripening in August-September and persisting.
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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