OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhus michauxii   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-005:

Rhus michauxii   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

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

Rhus michauxii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux

Rhus pumila

 

COMMON NAME:
Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac


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image of Rhus michauxii, Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac

JK Marlow    jkm140603_362

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Entire plant densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rhus michauxii, Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac

JK Marlow    jkm140603_366

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

image of Rhus michauxii, Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac

JK Marlow    jkm140603_374

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Leaflets sessile, simply or doubly serrate, bases rounded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE pinnately compound leaves of shrubs

image of Rhus michauxii, Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac

JK Marlow    jkm140603_376

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Rachis narrowly winged, or wingless, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rhus michauxii, Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_rhus_michauxii

September    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

image of Rhus michauxii, Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac

Keith Bradley    kab_rhus_michauxii_4726

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Rhus michauxii, Michaux's Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, False Poison Sumac

Will Stuart    wil_rhus_michauxii_188

October    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Habit.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhus michauxii   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 110-01-005:
Rhus michauxii   FAMILY Anacardiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux
Rhus pumila

 

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2619

Shrub
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: In the fall line sandhills characteristically in submesic, loamy swales, usually associated with such species as Paspalum bifidum, Helianthus divaricatus, Tridens carolinianus, Rhus copallinum, Anthenantia villosa, Gymnopogon spp., and Aristida lanosa; 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, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare and scattered (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

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

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 9-13(15) leaflets
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-yellow/White
4-5 sepals
4-5 petals
4-5 stamens
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe

 

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