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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 6 to 20 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Fruit: Other: Small yellowish drupes.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flower Color: Other: Yellowish-green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: All parts of plant contain urushiol, a toxic oil. Contact with the plant may cause extreme dermatitis in some individuals.
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Japanese Sumac
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Toxicodendron trichocarpum
  • Synonym: Rhus trichocarpa

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Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-09

photo credit: Dalgial

photo credit: Dalgial

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