Rhus ovata - Revision history

Raffi at 00:15, 17 December 2009

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Rhus ovata
| image = Rhus ovata.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Anacardiaceae]]
| genus = [[Rhus]]
| species = '''''R. ovata'''''
| binomial = ''Rhus ovata''
}}

'''''Rhus ovata''''' ([[S.Watson]]), also known as '''Sugar Bush''' or '''Sugar Sumac''', is an evergreen [[shrub]] to small [[tree]] that grows in [[chaparral]] in dry [[canyons]] and south-facing slopes below 1300 m in [[Southern California]], [[Arizona]] and [[Baja California]]. Its size ranges from 2 – 10 m tall and it has a rounded appearance. ''Rhus ovata'' often hybridizes with ''Rhus integrifolia''.

The [[twigs]] of ''Rhus ovata'' are thick and reddish in color. Its [[foliage]] consists of dark green, leathery, ovate leaves that are folded along the [[midrib]]. The leaf arrangement is alternate. Its [[inflorescences]] which occur at the ends of [[branches]] consist of small, 5-petaled, [[flowers]] that appear to be pink, but upon closer examination actually have white to pink [[petals]] with red [[sepals]]. Additionally, the [[flowers]] may be either bisexual or pistillate. The [[fruit]] is a reddish, sticky [[drupe]], and is small, about 6 – 8 mm in [[diameter]].

== Uses ==

''Rhus ovata'' can be used in the landscape. It likes well-drained [[soil]] in a sunny location with little water once established since it is very [[drought]] tolerant. It does not handle [[pruning]] well, however.

The fruit of ''Rhus ovata'' can be used to make a drink similar to [[lemonade]]. The [[fruit]] and [[flowers]] are also popular with [[birds]] and [[butterflies]] and the [[plant]] itself provides good [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]] for [[bird]]s.

== References and External links ==

*Saunders, Charles Francis. ''Edible and Useful Wild Plants'', Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1976.
*Schmidt, Marjorie G. ''Growing California Native Plants'', University of California Press, 1980.
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Rhus+ovata Jepson Flora Project: Rhus ovata]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RHOV USDA Plants Profile: Rhus ovata]
*[http://biology.csusb.edu/PlantGuideFolder/RhusOvata/RhusOvataPage.htm Rhus ovata photos]
*[http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/rhus_ovata.html Sonoran Desert Field Guide]

[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]]
[[Category:Flora of Arizona]]
[[Category:Trees_of_Arizona]]
[[Category:Sapindales]]

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 {{Inc|
 Rhus ovata, Wats. Shrub, to 10 ft. : lvs. short-stalked, ovate, acute or acuminate, entire or rarely spinosely toothed, 2-3 in. long: fls. in dense spikes 1/2in. long, sometimes crowded into terminal panicles, light yellow: fr. ovate, flattened, dark red, 1/4in. long. Spring. S. Calif., Ariz.
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-{{Taxobox
+==Cultivation==
-| color = lightgreen
+''Rhus ovata'' can be used in the landscape. It likes well-drained [[soil]] in a sunny location with little water once established since it is very [[drought]] tolerant.  It does not handle [[pruning]] well, however.
-'''''Rhus ovata''''' ([[S.Watson]]), also known as '''Sugar Bush''' or '''Sugar Sumac''', is an evergreen [[shrub]] to small [[tree]] that grows in [[chaparral]] in dry [[canyons]] and south-facing slopes below 1300 m in [[Southern California]], [[Arizona]] and [[Baja California]].  Its size ranges from 2 – 10 m tall and it has a rounded appearance.  ''Rhus ovata'' often hybridizes with ''Rhus integrifolia''.
+===Propagation===
-The [[twigs]] of ''Rhus ovata'' are thick and reddish in color.  Its [[foliage]] consists of dark green, leathery, ovate leaves that are folded along the [[midrib]].  The leaf arrangement is alternate. Its [[inflorescences]] which occur at the ends of [[branches]] consist of small, 5-petaled, [[flowers]] that appear to be pink, but upon closer examination actually have white to pink [[petals]] with red [[sepals]]. Additionally, the [[flowers]] may be either bisexual or pistillate.  The [[fruit]] is a reddish, sticky [[drupe]], and is small, about 6 – 8 mm in [[diameter]].
+===Pests and diseases===
-== Uses ==
+==Species==
+<!--  This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc    -->
-The fruit of ''Rhus ovata'' can be used to make a drink similar to [[lemonade]]. The [[fruit]] and [[flowers]] are also popular with [[birds]] and [[butterflies]] and the [[plant]] itself provides good [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]] for [[bird]]s.
+==Gallery==
-== References and External links ==
+<gallery>
-*Saunders, Charles Francis. ''Edible and Useful Wild Plants'', Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1976.
+==References==
-*Schmidt, Marjorie G. ''Growing California Native Plants'', University of California Press, 1980.
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
-*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Rhus+ovata Jepson Flora Project: Rhus ovata]
+<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
-*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RHOV USDA Plants Profile: Rhus ovata]
+<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
-*[http://biology.csusb.edu/PlantGuideFolder/RhusOvata/RhusOvataPage.htm Rhus ovata photos]
+<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
-[[Category:Flora of California]]
+{{stub}}
-[[Category:Flora of Baja California]]
+__NOTOC__

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