[NAFEX] Poison Sumac Question(clonal suckering)
tanis grif
tanisgrif at yahoo.com
Sun May 13 12:25:12 EDT 2007
Some of the wild fruits have a suckering-spreading expansive habit, so we're still
on-topic!
I've seen undisturbed clonal patches of staghorn (& we have another common one
here--Rhus glabra) gradually relocate themselves. Also, they eventually give up if
they just aren't allowed to go anywhere and are never cut. (I believe the same
think happens with black-locust, but it takes 100 years so how does an ammateur
prove that?!) I bet the roots eventually get diseases or deplete the soil, or
something. That's why the roots seek new ground.
Don't cut it, mow (or herbicide) the perimeter, and take a picture of the clone same
date every year.
--- "Lon J. Rombough" <> wrote:
> Staghorn sumac has some of the best fall color I've seen, but boy howdy
> does it sucker.
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