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Your search found 11 taxa in the family Anacardiaceae, Cashew family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Poison Sumac, Thunderwood
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Toxicodendron vernix FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Toxicodendron vernix FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus vernix 110-01-001 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in peaty habitats, in the Coastal Plain frequent in streamhead pocosins and sandhill seepage bogs, in the mountains in bogs
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont & Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Poison Ivy
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Toxicodendron radicans var. radicans FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus radicans 110-01-002 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in a wide range of habitats, including mesic forests, rock outcrops, swamp forests, brackish marshes, open areas, disturbed ground, usually in more mesic to hydric sites than T. pubescens, & particularly common in areas with fertile soils, such as bottomlands or over calcareous rocks or calcareous sands (as in maritime forests)
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wesern Poison Ivy
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Toxicodendron rydbergii FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Toxicodendron rydbergii FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in acid pine-oak forests & woodlands at moderate elevations
Rare
Native: north & northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Poison Oak
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Toxicodendron pubescens FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Toxicodendron pubescens FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus toxicodendron 110-01-003 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, around dry rock outcrops in Piedmont & Mountains, esp prevalent in sandhills
Common (uncommon in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fragrant Sumac, Squawbush
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Rhus aromatica var. aromatica FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhus aromatica var. aromatica FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus aromatica 110-01-004 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in rocky, rather dry, woodlands, usually over mafic rocks (such as gabbro or diabase) or calcareous rocks, less commonly in sandy soils
Uncommon (rare in Carolina Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhus michauxii FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhus michauxii FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus michauxii 110-01-005 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in the fall line sandhills characteristically in submesic, loamy swales; in the eastern Piedmont on sandy soils derived from granite; in the central Piedmont on clayey soils derived from mafic rocks such as gabbro or mafic Carolina slates, probably all of its habitats (formerly) in frequently burned situations
Rare and scattered
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Staghorn Sumac
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhus typhina FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhus typhina FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus typhina 110-01-006 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in old pastures, thickets, clearings, rock outcrops, barrens
Common in NC-SC (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Dwarf Sumac
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhus copallinum + FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhus copallinum + FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus copallina 110-01-007 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in dry woodlands, and also (depending on variety) in sandhills or rocky glades or maritime thickets
Common (var. copallinum) or uncommon (var. latifolia)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Smooth Sumac, Common Sumac
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhus glabra FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhus glabra FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhus glabra 110-01-008 FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas, clearings, roadsides, woodlands
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Smoketree
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cotinus obovata FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Cotinus obovatus FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in limestone woodlands and glades
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Brazilian Peppertree, Brazilian-pepper
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Schinus terebinthifolia FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Schinus terebinthifolius var. raddianus FAMILY: Anacardiaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas, especially moist or wet
Non-native: Brazil & Paraguay
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