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Rhus glabra L.
smooth sumac

       
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Rhus glabra L.

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Synonyms:
Rhus glabra L.

  RHBO Rhus borealis Greene
  RHCA15 Rhus calophylla Greene
  RHGLC2 Rhus glabra L. var. cismontana (Greene) Cockerell
  RHGLL2 Rhus glabra L. var. laciniata Carrière
  RHGLO Rhus glabra L. var. occidentalis Torr.
 

Distribution:
Rhus glabra L.

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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Rhus glabra L.

View 22 genera in Anacardiaceae, 20 species in Rhus
 

Classification:
Rhus glabra L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Sapindales
Family Anacardiaceae – Sumac family
Genus Rhus L. – sumac
Species Rhus glabra L. – smooth sumac
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Rhus glabra L.

smooth sumac

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Rhus glabra L.

  Large Mammals Small Mammals Water Birds Terrestrial Birds
Source Large Mammals Food Large Mammals Cover Small Mammals Food Small Mammals Cover Water Birds Food Water Birds Cover Terrestrial Birds Food Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller Low   Low       Low  
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Rhus glabra L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28782.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Rhus glabra L.

CT-University of Connecticut Plant Database

LA-Louisiana Ecosystems

MD-USDI FWS Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat

MI-Michigan State University Extension

MO-MBG Kemper Center for Home Gardening

MO-Missouri Plants

MO-Missouri Vegetation Management Manual

MO-Vegetation Management Guidelines (Department of Conservation)

NC-Plant Fact Sheets

OK-Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

WA-Central Washington Native Plants

 
 
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