GLEBE TREES AND SHRUBS

Staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

Form
  
 
Park at Bank St and Holmwood Ave., May 19, 2008
Staghorn sumac is often seen with numerous trees together. 
Size: usually a tall shrub or small tree




Leaves
  
 
July 7, 2008 Wilton Cr. Note how the leaflets seem to almost overlap the stem. The basal
part of the leaflet is toothless. These features can help differentiate from mountain ash.





Fruit
   
Fletcher's (Arboretum), May 14, 2008.
Right: Wilton Cr, July 7, 2008.
The trunk can be fuzzy and is slender. The red fruit are characteristic and the previous year's
fruit are sometimes noted in the spring.




Buds
 
Brown's Inlet, March 18, 2009





Similar species
Butternut, black walnut, honey locust and mountain ash all have compound leaves
in an alternate pattern. 
Ash, elder and red elderberry have compound leaves, but in an opposite arrangement.

List of trees and shrubs with alternate, compound, toothed leaves