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Staghorn Sumac: Painting With Trees

Posted by on Aug 7, 2013 in birds, edible, seeds, summer, Uncategorized, Unmowed Blog, wildlife | 0 comments

Staghorn Sumac: Painting With Trees

Staghorn sumac. (Rhus typhina.) These dainty little trees are a common sight along roadsides. They seem to spring up everywhere, near dumps or malls or in weedy backyards. They’re the kind of tree no one notices. Except birds, of course, who love the sweet fuzzy berries, high in vitamin C and energy. But four hundred years ago, sumac seeds were almost literally worth their weight in gold. English botanists explored the New World in the early 1600s and were thrilled to discover a host of exotic species: exciting plants (which are ho-hum to us today) like goldenrod, sugar maples, white pines,...

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