Rhus hirta -- (Staghorn Sumac)


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 Scientific Name:  Rhus hirta
 Common Name:  Staghorn Sumac
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Red
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam
 Drought Tolerance:  High
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Low
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  High
 Bloom Period:  Late Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  100
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Red
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Coarse
 Growth Form:  Single Crown
 Growth Habit:  Tree, Shrub
 Growth Rate:  Rapid
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  30
 Height, Mature (feet):  30
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Short
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  1200
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  300
 pH (Maximum):  7.2
 pH (Minimum):  4.5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  24
 Protein Potential:  Medium
 Resprout Ability:  Yes
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  20
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  53300
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -33
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Moderate
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Sapindales
 Family:  Anacardiaceae
 Genus:  Rhus

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