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Sumacs Poison-ives Poison oaks
?Toxicodendron
Rhus, Biota of North America Program (query database) [BONAP]
Toxicodendron (Anacardiaceae) ; [GNSP]
Rhus (Anacardiaceae) ; [GNSP]

Foodplants for Acleros mackenii?, Actias luna, Amplypterus panopus, Anthene definita, Belenois raffrayi, Celastrina ladon, Charaxes varanes varanes, Chrysoritis aethon, C. chrysaor, Citheronia regalis, Dichorda iridaria iridaria, Eagris sabadius, Phasis braueri, P. clavum, P. thero, Rhodogastria amasis, Selepa discigera

800x620 (~58Kb) USA: Susan Creek and North Umpqua River, (43°17'57N 122°54'22W ±0.5km), Douglas Co. OR, 4.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela R. trilobata? R. diversiloba?

900x663 (~61Kb) USA: Susan Creek and North Umpqua River, (43°17'57N 122°54'22W ±0.5km), Douglas Co. OR, 4.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela R. trilobata? R. diversiloba?

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Rhus trilobata Nutt.

Lemonade Sumac Smooth Sumac Squawbush Skunkbush

Schmaltzia quinata Greene Schmaltzia oxyacanthoides Rhus oxyacanthoides

Schmaltzia pubescens Rhus osterhoutii

Rhus trilobata ; [FPN, 287]

identification uncertain 600x934 (~129Kb) USA: Colliding Rivers, Umpqua and Little River (43°17'52N 123°06'08W ±0.5km), Douglas Co. OR, 4.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela

Foodplant for Citheronia splendens sinaloensis, Dichorda illustraria, D. rectaria rectaria, Dichordophora phoenix, Hemileuca neumoegeni, Nemoria intensaria, N. obliqua obliqua

Rhus radicans L.

Poison Ivy Poison Oak Eastern Poison-ivy

Rhus toxicodendron L. Toxicodendendron radicans (L.); Kuntze

Rhus radicans var. rydbergi (Small ex Rydb.); Redh. Toxicodendendron rydbergii (Small ex Rydb.); Greene

Rhus radicans ; [FPN, 287]

1000x695 (~135Kb) USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 8.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela

1000x667 (~88Kb) USA: Mesa Verde National Park, SW Colorado, 14.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela

Foodplant for Paectes occulatrix

Rhus typhina L.

from (Nova Scotia - Minnesota) - NA.Georgia, Missouri. See [About maps] Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina ; [IBT, 312]

identification uncertain 900x598 (~166Kb) USA: Near Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, King Co., WA, 2.7.2000 (cultivated), Photo © Markku Savela

identification uncertain 640x984 (~130Kb) USA: Near Lake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, King Co., WA, 2.7.2000 (cultivated), Photo © Markku Savela

Foodplant for Calycopis cecrops, Dichorda iridaria, D. iridaria iridaria

Rhus copallina L.

from (S.Ontario, Maine - Minnesota) - to (Florida - Texas). See [About maps] Dwarf Sumac Shining Sumac Mountain Sumac
Rhus copallina ; [IBT, 314]

Foodplant for Calycopis cecrops, Chloropteryx tepperaria, Dichorda iridaria, D. iridaria remotaria, Epidromia lienaris, Nemoria bifilata bifilata, N. rubrifrontaria

R. c. var. leucantha (Jacq.) DC.

South Carolina - Florida - S.Mississippi Southern Sumac

Rhus vernicifera DC.

Japan. See [About maps] Lacquer Tree

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[FPN]

Hitchcock & Cronquist, 1998; Flora of the Pacific Northwest (11th ed.); ISBN 0-295-95273-3

[GNSP]

Wielgorskaya, 1995; Dictionary of generic names of seed plants

[IBT]

Grimm, 1983; The Illustrated Book of Trees

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.