Rhus typhina L., 1756

🇬🇧 Stag's-horn Sumach

🇫🇷 Sumac Amarante, Sumac de Virginie, Sumac hérissé, Sumac vinaigrier, Vinaigrier de Virginie

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Anacardioideae
Tribe: Rhoeae
Genus: Rhus
Species: Rhus typhina

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Global): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, 1916, whose leaflets margins are broadly crenate, while those of R. typhina are dentate.

Hybridizes with R. glabra L., 1753 to produce R. × pulvinata Greene, 1908, M.

Photographs

img/rhus-typhina-2.webp — *Rhus typhina* - Leaf

Sources

Stritch, L. (2018). Rhus typhina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2018. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T61984086A61984088.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 320). Biotope.