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SPECIES: Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac
WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : Staghorn sumac wood has been used for handcrafts [4]. IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : Staghorn sumac seeds and fruits are eaten by many species of upland gamebirds, songbirds [4], and mammals [45]. White-tailed deer [11] and moose [19] browse the leaves and twigs. The bark and twigs are eaten by rabbits, especially in winter [8]. PALATABILITY : Staghorn sumac was listed as a high preference browse for moose on Isle Royale, Michigan [22]. In southern and central Wisconsin [30] and Minnesota [11] staghorn sumac was listed as fifth in preference for white-tailed deer. In New York staghorn sumac fruits were lowest in preference (of blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis), gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa), arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum), and common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) for birds [15]. NUTRITIONAL VALUE : Nutritional values for staghorn sumac fruits (seeds and fruits ground together) have been reported as follows [41]: percent of fresh weight moisture 8 crude protein 5.0 crude fiber 13.37 lignin 19.92 tannin 4.06 cellulose 25.29 Northern bobwhites failed to thrive on a diet consisting solely of staghorn sumac fruits [41]. COVER VALUE : Staghorn sumac is planted for wildlife cover in the Northern Great Plains [14]. VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : In Maryland and West Virginia, staghorn sumac occurred on strip-mined sites reclaimed to herbaceous annuals and perennials. The frequency of staghorn sumac on the sites was positively correlated with its relative abundance in the adjacent forest edge [20]. On a site in New Hampshire, the vegetation and upper soil layers were removed to create a sand pit. Much of the site was left to revegetate naturally; staghorn sumac presence was noted in a survey conducted 11 years after the site was abandoned [5]. OTHER USES AND VALUES : Staghorn sumac is planted as an ornamental [8], particularly for low water-use plantings (xeriscaping) [18], although its habit of producing root sprouts is detrimental to lawn maintenance [14]. The infructescence of staghorn sumac is used to make a beverage and jelly [9,40]. MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : Staghorn sumac is sometimes a troublesome invader of cleared sites. It was reported as abundant in clearcuts, but was not present in the understory of intact pine (Pinus spp.) plantations in the Great Lakes States. It was also absent from the germinable seedbank of the intact plantations [1].

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