"Babydoll" wrote in message
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It grew to about 5 ft. tall. The trunk and limbs
were slightly twisty. Young limbs were covered with a soft velvety fur
and it had pods in the summer. The pods were 1 to 2 inches long and
looked a little like a pine cone. It reproduced like crazy with young
plants sprouting up all around it in the summer {unfortunately all cut
down by my stepfather}. I'm not sure how it reproduced although I
always suspected it was new shoots from the roots.

I'm wondering if it was some kind of sumac. The velvety branches and the
fact that is reproduced so prolifically by runners sounds as if this may be
it.

Go to Google Images and search "sumac"...or try this site
http://tinyurl.com/24rskj and you just may find a picture of what you're
looking for. There's quite a few different varieties but description sort of
sounds like Stag Horn Sumac or Fragrant Sumac.

Val