Rhus typhina 'Laciniata' / Staghorn Sumac

A suckering and thicket-forming shrub, Staghorn is the largest of the North American Sumacs. It is tolerant of a wide variety of soil conditions as long as they are well drained, and pops up along stream margins, roadsides, and woodland edges. Reddish-brown hairs cover the young branchlets in somewhat the same way that velvet covers the horns of a stag (male deer), hence the common name. Excellent fall foliage color and bird browse.