Toxicodendron vernix

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width: 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan: perennial
Poisonous: Very poisonous
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
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Exposure: sun
Features: deciduous, flowers, fall color
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Flower features: orange, yellow
Scientific Names

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Read about Toxicodendron vernix in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Rhus vernix, Linn. (R. venenata, DC.). Poison Sumac. Poison Elder. Shrub or tree, to 20 ft.: lfts. 7-13, oval to oblong, acuminate, cuneate at base, undulate, glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath usually 2-4 in. long: fls. greenish, in loose axillary panicles 3-8 in. long: fr. subglobose, gray, flattened, 1/5in. across. Swamps, R. I., Ont., and Minn., south to Fla. and La.—Very poisonous: foliage turns to a brilliant scarlet in autumn.


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