Common name
English: Staghorn Sumac
German: Essigbaum
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Sapindales (68)
Family: Anacardiaceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Rhus (5)
Epithet: typhina L. (1)
Synonyms: Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw., Schmaltzia hirta (L.) Small
hirta => with short or fairly stiff hairs, hairy but shorter than hirsute
typhina => velvet shoots like Typha
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree, arborescent
Flower colour: green, red, yellow