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Rhus copallinum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Falmouth, MA, USA; 6/2003 © Christopher Neill

Rhus copallinum - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Falmouth, MA, USA; 8/2003 © Christopher Neill

Rhus copallinum - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Falmouth, MA, USA; 10/2003 © Christopher Neill

Dataset

Identifier: 324
Date of entry: 05.05.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Shining sumac

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Sapindales (71)

        Family: Anacardiaceae (19)(family description)

          Genus: Rhus (5)

            Epithet: copallinum L. (1)

Synonym: Rhus copallina Linnaeus

copallina => gummy or resinous

copallinum => gummy or resinous

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: green, yellow

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