NameThatPlant.net: Toxicodendron pubescens

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Toxicodendron pubescens FAMILY Anacardiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Poison Oak at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Toxicodendron pubescens FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-003:

Rhus toxicodendron FAMILY Anacardiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Toxicodendron pubescens FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Toxicodendron pubescens FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-003:
Rhus toxicodendron FAMILY Anacardiaceae

1240

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry upland woodlands, around dry rock outcrops in the Piedmont and Mountains, barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-yellow/White
4-5 sepals
4-5 petals
4-5 stamens
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White/Gray
Drupe

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