Anyone hear of an Elk Horn tree?

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psychw2 (Pat) Kennewick, WA(Zone 5b) Jul 17, 2010

I know... at least post a picture!!! No camera, hence no picture. It has beautiful shape and red upright conelike/flower in early spring and thru the summer. I have a couple of volunteers not far from the tree. I have only lived in this house 8 months and that is what the previous owner told me the tree was. Anyone want to hazzard a guess or???

this is the only thing I could find, it's a lousy picture but it is all I have come up with so far. My tree is at least 20 feet tall with branches reaching out like a elk's antlers. The tender part of the branches is slightly pink. When young it looks sort of like a fern with delicate leaves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elkhorn_tree_in_Ohio.jpg

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 17, 2010

I'm going to guess Rhus typhina, which has the common name staghorn sumac http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2190/

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psychw2 (Pat) Kennewick, WA(Zone 5b) Jul 17, 2010

Some of those pictures look VERY similar, so if it's not "the one" I'll bet it's a close cousin! The one in my back yard is a beautiful shape. Now I can go about pulling up the new volunteers I found! Unless someone wants them? They are about 18" tall or more.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jul 17, 2010

That's a cut-leaf cultivar of Rhus typhina, popular in cultivation.

Full name: Rhus typhina 'Dissecta'

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jul 17, 2010

Here's some the same:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhus_typhina_%27Dissecta%271.JPG
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhus_typhina_%27Dissecta%272.JPG
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autumn_Leaves_and_Ivy.jpg (in autumn colours)

Resin

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jul 17, 2010

The "volunteers" are probably going to be suckers from the parent plant, which is well known as a colonizer.

Doesn't mean you can't pull them up; you'll just have to sever them from the main root system - which will instigate even more suckering.

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