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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Atlantic Poison-oak
| image = Toxicodendron_pubescens.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Toxicodendron]]''
| species = '''''T. pubescens'''''
| binomial = ''Toxicodendron pubescens''
| binomial_authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]]
}}

'''Atlantic Poison-oak''' (''[[Toxicodendron]]'' ''pubescens'' or formerly ''Rhus pubescens'') is an erect [[shrub]] that can grow to 1 m (3 ft) tall.  The leaves are alternate, with three leaflets on each.  The leaflets are usually hairy, and are variable in size and shape, but most often resembling [[white oak]] leaves.  The leaves are usually 15 cm (6 in) long, turning yellow or orange in [[autumn]].  The fruits are small, round, and yellowish or greenish.

===Distribution===
This species is native to the [[Southeastern United States]] westward to [[Texas]] and [[Oklahoma]].  
[http://www.biol.vt.edu/digital_atlas/index.php?do=plant&plant=759&search=Toxicodendron County specific] distribution in [[Virginia]] is available.

===Habitat===
Atlantic Poison-oak can be found growing in [[forest]]s, thickets, and dry, sandy fields.

===Caution===
All parts of this plant contain [[urushiol]], which can cause severe [[dermatitis]] in some individuals.

==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TOPU2 NCRS: USDA Plants Profile: ''Toxicodendron pubescens'']

[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
[[Category:Flora of Southeastern United States]]
[[Category:Flora of Plains-Midwest U.S.]]