Taxon: Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. radicans

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See other conspecific taxa:

• Toxicodendron radicans (no accessions)
• Toxicodendron radicans subsp. eximium (no accessions)
• Toxicodendron radicans subsp. verrucosum (no accessions)

Common names:

• poison-ivy   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• klättersumak   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury, as Rhus radicans var. radicans)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Toxicodendron radicans subsp. radicans 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)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Nova Scotia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine [s.], Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York [e.], Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Bahamas; Bermuda

References:

• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [= Rhus radicans var. radicans].

Synonyms:

• (=) Rhus littoralis Mearns
  
• (≡) Rhus radicans L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Rhus radicans var. littoralis (Mearns) Deam
  

Check other web resources for Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. radicans:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

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• Images 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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