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Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze
poison sumac

       
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Rhus vernix

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Synonyms:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

  RHVE2 Rhus vernix L.
 

Distribution:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NS, ON, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

View 22 genera in Anacardiaceae, 7 species in Toxicodendron
 

Classification:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

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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 Toxicodendron Mill. – poison oak
Species Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze – poison sumac
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
poison sumac              Endangered
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Michigan:
poison sumac              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

poison 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.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NA* NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

  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 Moderate   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:
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze

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 28823.

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

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 

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