OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Toxicodendron rydbergii   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, digital edition (Naczi & collaborators, 2019)

Toxicodendron radicans var. rydbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Rhus radicans var. rydbergii

 

COMMON NAME:
Wesern Poison Ivy


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image of Toxicodendron rydbergii, Wesern Poison Ivy

JK Marlow    jkm090425_038

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Leaf lower surface glabrous to sparsely strigose, upper surface glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Toxicodendron rydbergii   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, digital edition (Naczi & collaborators, 2019)
Toxicodendron radicans var. rydbergii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rhus radicans var. rydbergii

 

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2926

Shrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Acid pine-oak forests and woodlands at moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north & northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White/Gray
Drupe

 

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