Staghorn Sumac 

Small tree or large shrub with deciduous pinnately compound leaves with brown velvety-hairy branches that from antler-like like silhouettes. The flowers are tiny greenish white in clusters on densely hairy stalks with tiny round drupe fruit.

Distribution: Native to Eastern North America. 

Uses: The plant is used as an ornamental for fall foliage and showy fruit.  Berries are eaten by many birds. An orange dye can be extracted from the inner bark.   Indigenous people use to make a lemonade-like drink from the crushed fruits.  Fruits have tannins. Both leaves and fruit are used to make a black ink. The roots provide a yellow dye.