Taxon: Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene

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Common names:

• Pacific poison-oak   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  
• western poison-oak   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Lampe & McCann)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Toxicodendron diversilobum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia [s.w.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [w.], Washington [w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [w. coast, w. of Sierras]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte

References:

• Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72–159, 161–237, 370–443, 465–540.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. [= of Rhus].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4:489–490.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. [poisonous].
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. [= Rhus].
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. [= of Rhus].
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Toxicodendron diversilobum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Toxicodendron diversilobum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Toxicodendron diversilobum.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Rhus diversiloba Torr. & A. Gray (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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