PLANTS Profile for Rhus ovata (sugar sumac)

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PLANTS Profile

Rhus ovata S. Watson
sugar sumac

Symbol:

RHOV

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Anacardiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, Davis, University of California Davis Arboretum. February 4, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Rhus ovata S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Rhus ovata S. Watson

RHOVT

Rhus ovata S. Watson var. traskiae F.A. Barkley p.p.

Distribution:
Rhus ovata S. Watson


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USA (AZ, CA)

Related Taxa:
Rhus ovata S. Watson

View 22 genera in Anacardiaceae, 20 species in Rhus

Classification:
Rhus ovata S. Watson

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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 ovata S. Watson – sugar sumac

More Accounts and Images:
Rhus ovata S. Watson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28789.

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

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.

Time Generated: 10/03/2008 11:38 PM MDT