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Revision as of 08:36, 21 December 2017

Toxicodendron pubescens
Toxicodendron pubescens FI.jpg
Photo by David J. Moorhead, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org hosted at Forestryimages.org
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Toxicodendron
Species: T. pubescens
Binomial name
Toxicodendron pubescens
Mill.
TOXI PUBE DIST.JPG
Natural range of Toxicodendron pubescens from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name(s): poison oak[1], Atlantic poison oak[2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym(s): Rhus toxicodendron; T. toxicodendron; T. toxicarium; T. quercifolium[3]

Description

Distribution

Toxicodendron pubescens can be found from Long Island, NY south to north Florida, west to eastern Texas and inland to West Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Kansas.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

This species is very common in sandhills but can also be found in dry woodlands and dry rock outcrops in the Piedmont and mountains.[1]

Phenology

T. pubescens flowers from late April through May and fruits from August through October.[1]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weakley A. S.(2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. USDA, NRCS. (2016). The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 21 December 2017). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
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