Rhus typhina

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAnacardiaceae
Family (Traditional)Anacardiaceae
GenusRhus
Species:Rhus typhina L.
Common NameStaghorn Sumac
Growth Habitshrub
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Number: 19; Leaflet Number: 20+; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: panicle/thyrse; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 2
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S4?] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Datisca hirta Datisca hirta L.
Rhus hirta Rhus hirta Sudworth
Rhus typhina var. laciniata Rhus typhina var. laciniata Hort

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Barren (KY), Boone (KY), Boyd (KY), Bracken (KY), Campbell (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Greenup (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Kenton (KY), Lewis (KY), Madison (KY), Mason (KY), Menifee (KY), Owsley (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Smith (TN), Sumner (TN), Trousdale (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), White (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1917 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100196599 Cannon Tennessee 01 Aug 1985 Ronald L. Jones
4502-B
EKY
Rhus typhina
31234100196607 Cannon Tennessee 01 Aug 1985 Ronald L. Jones
4502
EKY
Rhus typhina
BEREA001573 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Rhus typhina
BEREA001570 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Rhus typhina
BEREA001569 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Rhus typhina
BEREA001572 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Rhus typhina
31973000004977 Kenton Kentucky 22 May 1976 Applegarth, Patrick
83
KNK
Rhus typhina
31973000004984 Boone Kentucky 01 Oct 1995 Naczi, Robert
5005
KNK
Rhus typhina
MDKY00007278 Menifee Kentucky
MDKY
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140160 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140141 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140147 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140142 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140148 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140149 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
31234100196557 Mason Kentucky 14 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24774
EKY
Rhus typhina
31234100196508 Bracken Kentucky 21 Jun 1999 Ross C. Clark
24832
EKY
Rhus typhina
BEREA001576 Williamson Tennessee
BEREA
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140161 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140146 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140477 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140154 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
UCHT018580 Williamson Tennessee
UCHT
Rhus typhina
010756 Davidson Tennessee 26 Jun 1948 Ray Derrick
BOON
Rhus typhina
APSC0030305 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0030308 Trousdale Tennessee
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0072486 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0095802 Trigg Kentucky 03 Nov 2018 Edward Chester
APSC
Rhus typhina
HTTU001230 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
HTTU034395 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013704 Maury Tennessee 01 Sep 1988 Peggy Whaley
MTSU
Rhus typhina
31234100420338 Powell Kentucky 18 Sep 1988 R.C.Clark
22077
EKY
Rhus typhina
31234100196573 Pike Kentucky 08 Jun 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8569
EKY
Rhus typhina
ETSU007882 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Rhus typhina
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 17 Oct 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Rhus typhina
31973000004976 Kenton Kentucky 16 Jul 1977 Applegarth, Patrick
189
KNK
Rhus typhina
31973000004978 Campbell Kentucky 02 Jun 1981 Buddell, George
311
KNK
Rhus typhina
31973000004982 Kenton Kentucky 03 Sep 1976 Aldridge, Mitch
42
KNK
Rhus typhina
APSC0103114 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
HTTU035186 Overton Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
HTTU034395 Putnam Tennessee 05 May 1978 T. Creek
94
HTTU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013568 Cannon Tennessee 16 Jun 1980 Sara Robinson
42
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013683 Williamson Tennessee 26 Sep 1986 Mike Uss
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013705 Cannon Tennessee 22 Oct 1980 Rose Mary LaGrange
3
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013677 Cannon Tennessee Vickie Hillis
88
MTSU
Rhus typhina
31234100196565 Owsley Kentucky 28 Jun 1979 Richard H. Hannan
2694
EKY
Rhus typhina
31234100196524 Greenup Kentucky 03 Oct 1994 Randy L. Mears
s.n.
EKY
Rhus typhina
31234100781580 Powell Kentucky 26 Apr 2018 Thomas McFadden
851
EKY
Rhus typhina
31234100196532 Jessamine Kentucky 05 May 1996 Judith E. Rozeman
EKY
Rhus typhina
BEREA001575 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Rhus typhina
MDKY00007277 Pike Kentucky
MDKY
Rhus typhina
MDKY00007274 Lewis Kentucky
MDKY
Rhus typhina
MDKY00007276 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Rhus typhina
MDKY00007275 Boyd Kentucky
MDKY
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140144 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140476 Jessamine Kentucky
TENN
Rhus typhina
APSC0075593 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0030307 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0074591 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0073872 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
MTSU013676 Cannon Tennessee 04 Nov 2006
MTSU
Rhus typhina
31234100420304 Garrard Kentucky 06 Dec 2013 W. W. Overbeck
925
EKY
Rhus typhina
BEREA001574 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Rhus typhina
N/A Johnson Tennessee 08 Jun 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Rhus typhina
ETSU007181 Unicoi Tennessee 14 Jul 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Rhus typhina
31973000004981 Campbell Kentucky 05 Sep 1998 Naczi, Robert
7611
KNK
Rhus typhina
31973000004983 Campbell Kentucky 12 Jun 1996 Geimeier, Jenny
CGE #175
KNK
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140152 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140156 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
APSC0111549 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0030306 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Rhus typhina
HTTU001227 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
HTTU001228 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013701 Rutherford Tennessee 1981-10 William J. Fonferek
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013702 DeKalb Tennessee 15 Oct 1992 Debbie Hoff
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013692 Davidson Tennessee 11 Sep 1983 Elisabeth Stanley
2
MTSU
Rhus typhina
31234100768587 Powell Kentucky 08 Jul 1979 Dell Sasser
28
EKY
Rhus typhina
BEREA001571 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Rhus typhina
31973000004980 Boone Kentucky 28 Jun 1996 Kuddes, Linda
209
KNK
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140157 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140158 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140140 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
APSC0030309 Williamson Tennessee
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0074595 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0074592 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
HTTU008229 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013681 Williamson Tennessee 16 Sep 1989 Marcia Anderton
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013693 Rutherford Tennessee Richard O'Bryan
II
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU024187 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Oct 2014 Megan B Morris
25
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013703 Coffee Tennessee 07 Sep 1984 Danny L. Bryan
53
MTSU
Rhus typhina
BRIT69314 Williamson Tennessee 25 Aug 1987 Lisa Kelly
1328
VDB
Rhus typhina
31973000004662 Campbell Kentucky 28 Jun 2014 Conley, Justin
2014-0034
KNK
Rhus typhina
31973000004979 Campbell Kentucky 06 Jun 1996 Geimeier, Jenny
CGE #86
KNK
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140159 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140153 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140162 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140145 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
APSC0071222 Lewis Kentucky 07 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0044406 Carter Tennessee
APSC
Rhus typhina
HTTU029351 Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
HTTU030954 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013691 Davidson Tennessee 27 Oct 1993 Bill Duke
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013684 Cannon Tennessee 22 Oct 1980 Doug M. McKee
3
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013689 Rutherford Tennessee 19 Oct 1979 W. M. Ponath
56
MTSU
Rhus typhina
BRIT69316 Williamson Tennessee 02 Jun 1969 R. Kral
34790
VDB
Rhus typhina
SWMT02375 Shelby Tennessee 23 Apr 1975 James H. Graves
SWMT
Rhus typhina
SWMT02372 Shelby Tennessee 12 May 1975 James H. Graves
SWMT
Rhus typhina
31234100196540 Jessamine Kentucky 10 Oct 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11-811
EKY
Rhus typhina
31234100196516 Fayette Kentucky 28 Jul 1973 Debby Dempsey
s.n.
EKY
Rhus typhina
31234100420254 Pike Kentucky 19 Jun 2008 Julie B. Clark
245
EKY
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140150 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140143 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140151 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
APSC0074594 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0071219 Lewis Kentucky 07 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Rhus typhina
HTTU001229 Davidson Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
HTTU008228 Tennessee
HTTU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013688 Cannon Tennessee 02 Oct 1979 Ann Arbuckle
23
MTSU
Rhus typhina
BRIT69312 Williamson Tennessee 14 Jun 1987 Lisa Kelly
746
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69319 Sumner Tennessee 08 Jun 1975 J. Alcorn
504
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69327 Davidson Tennessee 13 Jun 1993 R. Kral
82614
VDB
Rhus typhina
MTSU013699 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Sep 1986 Matt Vehr
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU024186 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Oct 2014 Lauren S Hanberry
27
MTSU
Rhus typhina
UCHT040470 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Rhus typhina
UCHT032877 Tennessee
UCHT
Rhus typhina
UCHT041954 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Rhus typhina
BEREA024335 Campbell Kentucky
BEREA
Rhus typhina
MTSU013697 Bedford Tennessee 06 Sep 1992 Kelly M. Skelton
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013695 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Oct 1986 Mark Bailey
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013707 Cannon Tennessee 30 Oct 1995 Pat McGeachy
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013620 Davidson Tennessee 28 Oct 2007
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013686 Cannon Tennessee 27 Sep 1979 Don Green
28
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013696 Cannon Tennessee 27 Sep 1979 Valerie Schulz
24
MTSU
Rhus typhina
BRIT69324 Davidson Tennessee 01 May 1963 Rose Payne
141
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69323 Davidson Tennessee 07 Aug 1948 Lucy Parnell
142
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69320 Sumner Tennessee 11 Jul 1979 Richard Carter
1975b
VDB
Rhus typhina
MTSU013687 Cannon Tennessee 02 Oct 1979 Bill Walker
14
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013694 Rutherford Tennessee 02 Oct 1986 Richard Johnson
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013685 Cannon Tennessee 22 Oct 2002 Dwayne Coleman
MTSU
Rhus typhina
BRIT69311 Williamson Tennessee 12 Jul 1979 R. Kral
63974
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69313 Williamson Tennessee 28 May 1987 Lisa Kelly
575
VDB
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0140155 Smith Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
APSC0074593 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
APSC0072631 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Rhus typhina
MTSU013698 Bedford Tennessee 21 Sep 1992 Todd Roberts
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013679 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Sep 1981 Don F. Brown
16
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013678 Cannon Tennessee 06 Nov 1980 Ira Scott
44
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013690 Marshall Tennessee 26 Oct 2000 Janet Kilpatrick
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013706 Coffee Tennessee 01 Nov 1998 Spence Dowlen
MTSU
Rhus typhina
TENN-V-0244356 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Rhus typhina
BRIT69328 Davidson Tennessee 10-24 T.C. McCormick
s.n.
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69326 Davidson Tennessee 20 Oct 1917 Jesse M. Shaver
s.n.
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69322 DeKalb Tennessee 19 Jul 1996 R. Kral
86274
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69236 Cannon Tennessee 29 Jun 1985 Milo Guthrie
563
VDB
Rhus typhina
MTSU013700 Davidson Tennessee 1982-11 Becky Ivey
27
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013567 Cannon Tennessee 16 Jun 1980 Mike Goodpasture
42
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013566 Davidson Tennessee 14 Jun 1980 Debbie Reddinger
44
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013682 Cannon Tennessee 15 Nov 1998 Lori Pittman
MTSU
Rhus typhina
MTSU013680 White Tennessee 14 Oct 1990 Michael Berkley
MTSU
Rhus typhina
BRIT69315 Williamson Tennessee 06 Jun 1988 Lisa Kelly
1816
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69321 Johnson Tennessee 13 Aug 1981 David H. Webb
4191
VDB
Rhus typhina
BRIT69325 Davidson Tennessee 14 May 1964 H. Heller
138
VDB
Rhus typhina
SWMT02371 Benton Tennessee 07 Jul 1984 Brent Hedges
122
SWMT
Rhus typhina
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