The staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina, previously Rhus hirta) is a common plant with a strikingly uncommon appearance. The young branches of the staghorn sumac are upright, with velvety red-brown hairs, ...

A multi-season native shrub is the staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina). The stems and leaf petioles of the staghorn sumac are covered in a light, rust-colored velvet. The open and forking branches, ...

Imagine a tree that could usher in scores of birds, bees, and butterflies throughout the growing season, then quickly adorn your yard in incredible fall colors after summer winds down. The staghorn ...

Every morning at 5 a.m. my girlfriend Lorie and I walk. Besides the exercise benefit, seeing the world around us at that hour every weekday all year round challenges us to take notice. We were walking ...

While the swamp maples (also known as red maples) are showing their fall colors a little earlier than last year and usually get all of the attention as the first-to-turn tree, one of my personal fall ...

This Sunday’s Pocono Outdoors is a continuation of informational articles that addresses at least three species of poisonous plants found throughout our region. For example, I will illustrate two ...

Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) is a large, loosely spreading shrub or a scraggly tree. It grows by suckering roots to form large colonies, often in dry, sterile soil. Staghorn sumac is quite ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. The staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina, previously Rhus hirta) ...

We’re in the midst of the good New England weather that keeps the weak away. It looks desolate and lifeless out there, but it most surely isn’t. With temperatures staying below freezing the little ...