And the winners are ...... (drum roll) ... ... Chris and Whiplash.
I just took a picture yesterday of the staghorn sumacs that I see when looking out my kitchen window. They are a nice color this time of year. They are on a steep bank that drops down about 15' below lawn level and it is several hundred feet long. They are there as a privacy hedge as well as a ground cover. I keep the tops clipped so it doesn't obscure my view of the valley. Those are just young ones about 4 years old and they grow and multiply like bad weeds. The roots spread and there are shoots forever popping up in my lawn.
Second picture is of one of my closest neighbors staghorn sumac and that is a mature one and about as big as they get around these parts.
The pictures were taken on a dark cloudy day.
W.Y.