Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina L. - Sumac family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 25.0 feet
Plant Type: Shrub, Tree
Features
Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Green
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Staghorn Sumac: Amorbia humerosana, Anacampsis rhoifructella, Biston betularia cognataria, Caloptilia belfrageella, Caloptilia rhoifoliella, Calycopis cecrops, Celastrina ladon, Citheronia regalis, Citheronia splendens sinaloensis, Datana perspicua, Dichorda iridaria, Dichorda iridaria iridaria, Dichorda iridaria latipennis, Eacles oslari, Episimus argutana, Hyalophora cecropia, Lophocampa caryae, Lymantria dispar, Marathyssa inficita, Melanolophia canadaria, Moodna ostrinella, Nephopterix subfuscella, Olethreutes permundana, Pseudochelaria walsingham, Pyrrhia umbra, Samia cynthia cynthia, Saturnia mendocino, Saturnia walterorum, Schreckensteinia erythriella, Telphusa longifasciella
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.