Staghorn Sumac is a shrub or small tree that is quite common in the state.  They have large leaves with pinnately compound leaflets, but their most characteristic feature is their large red hairy fruiting bodies containing numerous little berries.  (Don't eat them.)  The flowers are quite small and greenish yellow, but are in dense clusters.  The fruits develop from these and develop in a similar form.  They are easy to identify at all seasons as the fruits last long into the winter and help provide food for winter birds.  In fall the leaves turn scarlet red and bright yellow and individual plants may be one of the first of all trees to change color in the fall.  Staghorn Sumac gets its name from the twigs which sport a dense growth of hairs, appearing like the velvet on a buck's antlers.  Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra) is similar, but lacks these hairs.