I think its called staghorn sumac, it makes the red seed pods.
This stuff seems to grow wereever you don't want it, or on the sides of roads. The last couple years I picked pails fulls of pods, and scattered the seeds in a couple hedgerows hoping to "thicken" them up, but cannot seem to get the seeds to germinate.
Does anyone know if the seeds most be scarified, or pass through the gut of a bird or other animal, to germinate? I can get all the seeds I want, and would like to use Sumac, because it grows fast, and offers some cover, we are lacking in places.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
