The tree is easily distinguished by its ill-scented compound leaves, often 2-3 feet long, by the numerous leaflets, sometimes exceeding 40, each ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, with one or two teeth near the base, by its vigorous growth from suckers, and in winter by the coarse, blunt shoots and conspicuous, heart-shaped leaf-scars.
ANACARDIACEÆ. SUMAC FAMILY.
Rhus typhina, L.
Rhus hirta, Sudw.
Staghorn Sumac.
Habitat and Range.—In widely varying soils and localities; river banks, rocky slopes to an altitude of 2000 feet, cellar-holes and waste places generally, often forming copses.
From Nova Scotia to Lake Huron.
Common throughout New England.
South to Georgia; west to Minnesota and Missouri.