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 ...

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) ...

I AM ALWAYS AMAZED at how many little things I find in nature that I have never seen before. This week the ubiquitous sumac tree presented me with a surprise finding. According to the New England ...

When I announced to some friends that I was planning to establish a native sumac grove on my property, the first thing I heard was, “Why would you want to plant that trash tree on your property?” I ...

What’s that red in the woods? Sumac, most likely. “It’s a harbinger,” said Julie Janoski, Plant Clinic Manager at The Morton Arboretum. “When you see those first scarlet sumac leaves, you know autumn ...

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, ...