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Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze
eastern poison ivy

       
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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2001. Usage Requirements.
 
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Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze

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Distribution:
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze

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

Related Taxa:
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze

View 22 genera in Anacardiaceae, 7 species in Toxicodendron or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze ssp. divaricatum (Greene) Gillis. .
Toxicodendron radicans ssp. divaricatum
eastern poison ivy
Distribution of Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze ssp. eximium (Greene) Gillis. .
Toxicodendron radicans ssp. eximium
eastern poison ivy
Distribution of Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze ssp. negundo (Greene) Gillis. .
Toxicodendron radicans ssp. negundo
eastern poison ivy
Distribution of Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze ssp. pubens (Engelm. ex S. Watson) Gillis. .
Toxicodendron radicans ssp. pubens
eastern poison ivy
Distribution of Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze ssp. radicans. . Image Available.
Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans
eastern poison ivy
Distribution of Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze ssp. verrucosum (Scheele) Gillis. .
Toxicodendron radicans ssp. verrucosum
eastern poison ivy
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Toxicodendron radicans (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 radicans (L.) Kuntze – eastern poison ivy
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Toxicodendron radicans (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.

Minnesota:
poison ivy              Prohibited noxious weed
 

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

Eastern poison ivy
poison ivy
Rhus radicans [=TORAR]
poison ivy

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above 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.
KY        Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Toxicodendron radicans (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
FACU,FACW FAC FAC FAC+ FACU FACU FAC FACW FACU FACU NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Toxicodendron radicans (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
Gee Moderate              
Miller Moderate   Low       Low  
Wildlife Habitat Values

 

Gee, K.L., M.D. Porter, S. Demarais, F.C. Bryant, and G.V. Vreede. 1994. White-tailed deer: Their foods and management in the Cross Timbers. Ardmore.

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 radicans (L.) Kuntze

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 28821.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze

Canada-Health Canada

Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds

Floridata: horticultural abstract and image

IA-Iowa State University Extension

MI-Michigan State University Extension

MI-Michigan State University Extension-Forestry

MN-University of Minnesota Extension Service

MO-MBG Plant Finder

MO-Missouri Agricultural Extension

MO-Missouri Department of Conservation

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

OH-Ohio State University Extension

OR-Poison Oak and Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy, Oak, & Sumac Information Center

University of Texas - The Toxicodendrons: popular article on the genus

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

 
 
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