Taxon:  Toxicodendron pubescens Mill.



Summary
Genus:
Toxicodendron
Family:
Anacardiaceae
Subfamily:
Anacardioideae
Nomen number:
400608
Place of publication:
Gard. dict. ed. 8: Toxicodendron no. 2.  1768
Verified:
10/18/1994 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhus toxicarium Salisb.
Rhus toxicodendron L.
Rhus toxicodendron L. var. quercifolium Michx.
Rhus toxicodendron L. var. toxicodendron
Toxicodendron quercifolium (Michx.) Greene
Toxicodendron toxicarium Gillis

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  3. Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:402-417. Note: = Toxicodendron toxicarium Gillis
  4. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds Note: = Rhus toxicodendron L.
  5. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  6. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
  7. Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
  8. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
  9. Yatskievych, G. & J. Turner. 1990. Catalogue of the flora of Missouri. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37. Note: = Toxicodendron toxicarium Gillis
  10. 2018. Oklahoma vascular plant database
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englisheastern poison-oak  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishpoison-ivy  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Germanbehaarter Gift-Sumach  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen Note: as Rhus toxicodendron
Swedishgiftsumak  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansass.e.Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouris.Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jerseys.Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDistrict of Columbia Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New Jersey (s.)]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (s.e.), Missouri (s.), Oklahoma]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

Reference(s)
  1. Gillis, W. T. 1971. The systematics and ecology of poison-ivy and the poison-oaks (Toxicodendron, Anacardiaceae). Rhodora 73:72-159, 161-237, 370-443, 465-540.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Toxicodendron quercifoliumKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 214. Note: as Toxicodendron quercifolium
Weed  Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds Note: = Rhus toxicodendron L.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400608. Accessed 9 November 2026.