Tree Identification

Common Name: Staghorn Sumac, Velvet Sumac

Latin Name: Rhus typhina

Family: Anacardiaceae

Size: Up to 30 ft normally shorter, and in clusters

Shape: Very sparse crown, with wide spreading thin branches. Can also grow in small clusters up to 10 ft.

Trunk: Thin, iregular shape. Trunk is yellowish and soft.

Wood: The wood is very soft and can be broken easy.

Branches: The branches grow many suckers in odd locations and are very fragile.

Description: This tree is great on a large property or in its own area. This tree does spread with its roots to devolop more trees. This will happen.