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Toxicodendron vernix, commonly known as poison sumac, [4] or swamp-sumach, [5] is a woody shrub or small tree growing to 9 metres (30 feet) tall. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It was previously known as Rhus vernix . This plant is also known as thunderwood , particularly where it occurs in the southern United States.
The leaves may have smooth, toothed, or lobed edges, and all three types of leaf edges may be present in a single plant. The plants grow as creeping vines, climbing vines, shrubs, or, in the case of lacquer tree (T. vernicifluum) and poison sumac , as trees. While leaves of poison ivy and poison oaks usually have three leaflets, sometimes there ...
Toxicodendron diversilobum (syn. Rhus diversiloba), commonly named Pacific poison oak [1] or western poison oak, is a woody vine or shrub in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. It is widely distributed in western North America, inhabiting conifer and mixed broadleaf forests , woodlands, grasslands, and chaparral biomes. [ 2 ]
Getty Images/iStockphoto. Poison Sumac. This tall shrub or small tree typically found in East Texas can be identified by its three to six leaf pairs with a single leaf at the stem’s end and a ...
Toxicodendron radicans images at bioimages. vanderbilt.edu; Poison Ivy, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; Common weeds of the northern United States and Canada: Western poison oak, poison ivy and poison sumac. (Anacardiaceae-family) Large site with many photos, facts, products, rash images, and a quiz about poison ivy.
Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis (also called Toxicodendron dermatitis or Rhus dermatitis) is a type of allergic contact dermatitis caused by the oil urushiol found in various plants, most notably sumac family species of the genus Toxicodendron: poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, and the Chinese lacquer tree. [1]
Searsia parviflora, commonly known as small-flowered poison sumac, is a species of flowering plant native to the northern Indian subcontinent and Myanmar. [2] It is a much-branched shrub or small tree bearing stalked leaves with three leaflets; the end leaflet is larger than the other two. The leaflets are obovate, with rounded tips, tapering ...
Sumac or sumach [a] (/ ˈ s uː m æ k, ˈ ʃ uː-/ S(H)OO-mak, UK also / ˈ sj uː-/)—not to be confused with poison sumac—is any of the roughly 35 species of flowering plants in the genus Rhus (and related genera) of the cashew and mango tree family, Anacardiaceae. However, it is Rhus coriaria that is most commonly used for culinary purposes.