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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Toxicodendron rydbergii
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Toxicodendron rydbergii
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rhus radicans var. rydbergii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Toxicodendron radicans var. rydbergii
COMMON NAME:
Wesern Poison Ivy
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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.
COMPARE
leaves that are trifoliolate and pinnately compound
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Toxicodendron rydbergii
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Toxicodendron rydbergii
FAMILY
Anacardiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rhus radicans var. rydbergii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Toxicodendron radicans var. rydbergii
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Shrub; Forb
Perennial
Native: north & northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Acid pine-oak forests and woodlands at moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora
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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
Usually bisexual
4-5 sepals
4-5 petals
4-5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White/Gray
Drupe
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