staghorn sumac

WINTER food Nature's pink lemonade. Grows over 20 ft. tall. Use the reddish-pink fruit.- a horn-shaped cluster of red fuzzy berries that are ready to eat in the winter after weather gets cold and freezes. Do not eat spring summer or fall. It’s not recommended to eat the leaves or branches which are also fuzzy. Dries really well to keep in pantry and use throughout winter. A very abundant plant that yields a lot. Tea made from the red cone tastes and looks like pink lemonade and is very high in vitamin A, very good for the eyes and very tasty. Berries used for lung, mouth, throat and cough, plus female issues. Said to expel worms. Astringent. Root used as blood purifier, and when combined with Echinacea, used for venereal disease. There is a cousin called poison sumac which has white smooth berries.

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alba, 4.68%; Comus florida, 7.90%; Ligustrum sinense, 10.46%; and Rhus typhina, 5.93%.

Diet resource partitioning between the golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) and the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)

nuttalli 0.61 Rubus frondosus, Prunus 14 serotina, Zea P leucopus 0.82 mays, Lonicero mackii, 14 and Rhus typhina O.

Golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) and white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) dietary resource partitioning under experimental field conditions

Smoke bush Dissectum acers Winged spindle tree Oakleaf hydrangea Ginkgo Stag's Horn Sumach Frame a view Pink euonymous alatus and red rhus typhina lead the eye to a pond and summerhouse

TRAIL BLAZERS; Cool autumn nights can bring out some of the hottest displays in the garden, so make sure to plant varieties that will add colour to the barest landscapes

* Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina); zones 1-10, 14-17.

Sensational small trees

Much of the increase in density of bird-dispersed species is attributable to clonal stem production by Rhus typhina. Rhus often exhibits episodic proliferation of new stems from root sprouts, resulting in periodic rapid clonal spread (Gilbert, 1966; Luken, 1990).

Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Woody Plant Establishment in Michigan Old Fields

Much less demanding, more available and much cheaper is the stag's horn sumach, Rhus typhina.

GARDEN LIFE : The future is all bright for autumn; Turn your patch into a riot of colour and let nature take its course to brighten up the dark days ahead

Priced pounds 22.50 (www.bluebellnursery.com, 01530 413700), Stag's Horn Sumach or Rhus typhina is a small suckering tree with the most spectacular autumn colour - a blend of red, gold, orange, scarlet and purple.

Display is vase good as it gets; Choose perfect flower vessel

RHUS typhina is chiefly grown for its stunning autumn foliage, though its flower spikes, which resemble stag's horns, last well into winter.

Hues flash; AUTUMN IS THE SEASON FOR A RIOT OF COLOUR

Notcutts' brand new dwarf Sumac named Rhus typhina laciniata 'Tiger Eyes' is now available in the garden centre having just won a gold medal at the Plantarium Trade Show in The Netherlands.

Home & Gardens: Berried treasure which will brighten up the grey days

Rhus typhina , the stag's horn sumach, is a reliable shrub for almost any type of ground, including thin soils, with large oval leaves turning deep crimson.

Elegant Gardens: Trees with autumn colour

Rhus typhina, the well-known stag's horn sumach, is a reliable shrub for almost any type of ground, including thin soils, with large oval leaves turning deep crimson.

Let those autumn colours set your garden ablaze with reds and gold

Modules of production and reproduction in a dioecious clonal shrub, Rhus typhina Tourn.

Contrasting Soil Seed-bank Dynamics in Relation to Local Recruitment Modes in Two Clonal Shrubs, Rhus aromatica Ait. and R. glabra L. (Anacardiaceae)