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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Toxicodendron pubescens   FAMILY Anacardiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Toxicodendron pubescens   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-003:

Rhus toxicodendron   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Toxicodendron toxicodendron

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Toxicodendron quercifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak


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image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2374_t_toxicode

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_topu2_001_lvd

        

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_toto2_001_lvd

        

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_259

        

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm230418_2653

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

Will Stuart    wil_6950112502

April        

Margins with 1 to 3 undulating to incised lobes (oak-like), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).


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image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

Will Stuart    wil_7079729961

April        

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

Will Stuart    wil_7096180233

April        

Leaflets shallowly lobed, coarsely serrate, or rarely entire, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

Will Stuart    wil_7096181279

April        

Flowers greenish-white in dense panicles, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090516_039

May    Berkeley County    SC

Seewee Visitor & Environmental Education Center

Petiolules of Toxicodendron's terminal leaflets much longer than laterals', per www.carolinanature.com (Cook).

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm090516_041

May    Berkeley County    SC

Seewee Visitor & Environmental Education Center

Leaves dull above (not shiny), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm180504_1686

May    Meriwether-Talbot Counties    GA

Sprewell Bluff WMA

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4695

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4697

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_pubescens

May        

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_pubescens_3

May        

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

Betsy George    bmg_0092

June    Anderson County    SC

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8221

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8223

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Leaflet lower surfaces velvety puberulent, sometimes becoming glabrate in age, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm130718_446

July    McDowell County    NC

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm161001_041

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Drupe densely hairy, 6-8mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Toxicodendron pubescens, Poison Oak, Southeastern Poison Oak

JK Marlow    jkm161001_043

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Toxicodendron pubescens   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Toxicodendron pubescens   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-003:
Rhus toxicodendron   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Toxicodendron toxicodendron

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Toxicodendron quercifolium

 

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1240

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry upland woodlands, around dry rock outcrops in the Piedmont and Mountains, barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish-yellow/White
4-5 sepals
4-5 petals
4-5 stamens
Usually bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White/Gray
Drupe

 

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