Rhus
Sumacs
Poison-ives
Poison oaks
Toxicodendron (Anacardiaceae) ; [GNSP ]
Rhus (Anacardiaceae) ; [GNSP ]
Foodplants for
Acleros mackenii ?,
Actias luna ,
Amplypterus panopus ,
Anthene definita ,
Belenois raffrayi ,
Carpatolechia decorella ,
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 ,
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
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 SavelaR. 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 SavelaR. trilobata? R. diversiloba?
The exact identification of these species is still unknown,
but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.
Rhus glabra L.
Smooth Sumac
Rhus borealis Greene
Rhus calophylla Greene
Rhus glabra var. laciniata Carr.
Rhus glabra var. occidentalis Torr.
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 oculatrix
Rhus diversiloba Torr. & Gray
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Pacific Poison Oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & Gray) Gray
Toxicodendron lobadioides
Rhus diversiloba ; [FPN , 287]
Rhus typhina L.
from (Nova Scotia - Minnesota) - NA.Georgia, Missouri. See [maps ]
Staghorn Sumac
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
Anacampsis rhoifructella ?,
Calycopis cecrops ,
Dichorda iridaria ,
D. iridaria iridaria
Rhus copallina L.
from (S.Ontario, Maine - Minnesota) - to (Florida - Texas). See [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
var. leucantha (Jacq.) DC. South Carolina - Florida - S.Mississippi
Southern Sumac
Rhus vernix L.
Poison Sumac
Swamp Sumac
Poison Dogwood
Poison Elder
Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze
Toxicodendron vernix ; Kuntze, [IBT , 316]
Rhus vernicifera DC.
Japan. See [maps ]
Lacquer Tree
Rhus coriaria L.
Sumach
Foodplant for
Ophiusa tirhaca ,
Teleiopsis latisacculus ,
T. terebinthinella
11.1.2003 (9)
References:
[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
[maps]
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