Cutting staghorn sumac roots

At the Intervale today I helped cut staghorn sumac roots to collect.  The roots were cut into about 6 inch pieces.  For each sumac that we cut into we planted several trees around the area.  With the root cuttings that we collected (there were a few students there for work study and Seth our community partner was there) we sliced a bit of each end of the root piece.  After that a growth hormone was put on for when the pieces are planted.  It was fun and interesting work!