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Anacardiaceae
Virginia sumac
Rhus typhina
Also known as Velvet sumac, Vinegar tree, Staghorn sumac, Rhus typhina var. filicifolia
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Virginia sumac is a hardy, low-maintenance shrub that thrives in full sun to partial shade and tolerates a wide range of soils. Water deeply but infrequently once established, as it adapts well to average moisture conditions. It spreads by root suckers, so give it plenty of space or mow around it to contain its spread.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Deep water occasionally; allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Austria, Bulgaria, China North-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District Of Columbia, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Kansas
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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