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Rhus glabra L.
smooth sumac
Symbol: RHGL
Group: Dicot
Family: Anacardiaceae
Growth Habit: Tree
Shrub
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Native
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Plant Synonyms:
 

RHBO

Rhus borealis Greene

 

RHCA15

Rhus calophylla Greene

 

RHGLL2

Rhus glabra L. var. laciniata Carr.

 

RHGLO

Rhus glabra L. var. occidentalis Torr.

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State Distributional Map for RHGL
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Plant Distribution by State


Rhus glabra L.

RHGL

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Related Taxa:
Rhus glabra L.

View 20 genera in Anacardiaceae, 17 species in Rhus

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Classification:
Rhus glabra L.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Rosidae
                      Order Sapindales
                         Family Anacardiaceae – Sumac family
                            Genus Rhus L. – sumac
                               Species Rhus glabra L. – smooth sumac

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Invasive Information:
Rhus glabra L.
        smooth sumac
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
NE&GP;   Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.. 589pp.
 

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Rhus glabra L.

View species account or photographs from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28782.
View species account from The Kemper Center for Home Gardening.
View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View species account or photographs from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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Related Web Sites:
Rhus glabra L.

    CT-University of Connecticut Plant Database
    LA-Louisiana Ecosystems
    MD-USDI FWS Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat
    MI-Michigan State University Extension
    MO-MBG Kemper Center for Home Gardening
    MO-Missouri Plants
    MO-Vegetation Management Guidelines (Department of Conservation)
    NC-Plant Fact Sheets
    OK-Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
    OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey
    The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program
    VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology
    WA-Central Washington Native Plants

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