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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.
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze (synonym Rhus vernix) – Poison sumac is a tall shrub or a small tree, from 2–7 m tall. It is found in swampy, open areas and reproduces by seeds. The leaves have between 7–13 untoothed leaflets, in a feather-compound arrangement. [12]
Toxicodendron diversilobum is extremely variable in growth habit and leaf appearance. It grows as a dense 0.5–4 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –13 feet) tall shrub in open sunlight, a treelike vine 3–9 m (10–30 ft) and may be more than 30 m (100 ft) long with an 8–20 centimetres (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) trunk, as dense thickets in shaded areas, or any form in between.
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 whitish green hanging fruit ...
The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family [1] or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species. [2] Members of the Anacardiaceae bear fruits that are drupes and in some cases produce urushiol , an irritant .
Flowers and fruits of fragrant sumac are at the end of the stem but occur along the middle of the stem of poison ivy. Fragrant sumac fruit ripens to a deep reddish color and is covered with tiny hairs, while poison ivy fruit is smooth and ripens to a whitish color. Hoptree (Ptelea trifoliata) has leaves that are remarkably similar. It is ...
Metopium toxiferum, the poisonwood, Florida poisontree, or hog gum, is a species of flowering tree in the cashew or sumac family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to the American Neotropics. It produces the irritant urushiol much like its close relatives poison sumac and poison oak. It is related to black poisonwood (Metopium brownei).
Rhus michauxii is a rare species of flowering plant in the cashew family known by the common names false poison sumac [4] and Michaux's sumac.It is endemic to the southeastern United States, where it can be found in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. [1]