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Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.
Atlantic poison oak

       
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Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

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Synonyms:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

  RHAC Rhus acutiloba Turcz.
  RHTO7 Rhus toxicarium Salisb.
  RHTO8 Rhus toxicodendron L.
  TOQU Toxicodendron quercifolium (Michx.) Greene
  TOTO Toxicodendron toxicarium (Salisb.) Gillis
  TOTO2 Toxicodendron toxicodendron (L.) Britton
 

Distribution:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

View 22 genera in Anacardiaceae, 7 species in Toxicodendron
 

Classification:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

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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 pubescens Mill. – Atlantic poison oak
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

The synonyms italicized and indented below are 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:
Rhus toxicodendron
poison ivy              Noxious weed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

Rhus toxicodendron
poison ivy

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.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

Toxicodendron quercifolium:

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 FACU FACU FACU NO FACU FACU NO NO FACU NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

  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 pubescens Mill.

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 505545.

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.

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

 

Related Web Sites:
Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.

NC-Duke University

NC-Poisonous Plants of North Carolina

NY-American Museum of Natural History

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

Poison Ivy, Oak, & Sumac Information Center

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

 
 
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