Synonyms: Poison-sumac, Rhus vernix.
Occurs in parts of the Southeast and Northeast, and sporadically in the Midwest.
Coarse shrub or small tree, growing in wooded swamps. Leaves, stems, flowers, and fruits are poisonous. Fruit is whitish or grayish.
Occasional in swamps and wet flood plains, on Coastal Plain and elsewhere, including as a common component of Magnolia Bogs of the Fall Zone around Washington, D.C. (see description of these bogs in species page for Sweetbay) (J. Hill, pers. obser.).
Host plant for the moth species Beautiful Eutelia Moth (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).
There are 56 records in the project database.
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