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Rhus glabra L.
smooth sumac

   
Symbol: RHGL
Group: Dicot
Family: Anacardiaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree
Shrub
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



Photograph of Rhus glabra L.
©Larry Allain. USGS NWRC.
 
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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 by State:
Rhus glabra L.

Distributional Map for Rhus glabra L.
Distribution Map Legend

Rhus glabra L. distribution:
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)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, 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

 

Related Taxa:
Rhus glabra L.

22 genera in Anacardiaceae, 20 species in Rhus
 

Classification:
Rhus glabra L.

     
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.

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.
 

 

 
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