Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Anacardiaceae/Anacardiacées - Poison Ivy Family
Rhus typhina L.
En: staghorn sumac, velvet sumac, vinegar tree
Fr: sumac vinaigrier, sumac amaranthe, vinaigrier
Provincial Status: Ni
Range: Temp. eNA; intr. in Stephenville area, wNfld.

[=Datisca hirta L., nom. rej.]
[=Rhus americana Dippel]
[=Rhus canadensis Mill.]
[=Rhus filicifolia Demcker]
[=Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw., nom. rej.]
[=Rhus hirta (L.) Sudw. forma dissecta (Rehder) Reveal]
[=Rhus hypselodendrum Moench]
[=Rhus typhina L. forma dissecta Rehder]
[=Rhus typhina L. var. laciniata Alph.Wood]
[=Rhus viridiflora Duhamel]
[=Schmaltia hirta (L.) Small, nom. rej.]
[=Toxicodendron typhinum (L.) Kuntze]

[The first report of Rhus typhina in NL was made by Denise MacIsaac, from a shrubby area in Stephenville, wNfld., Oct. 2018. These plants have persisted and produce fruit.  Recently discovered plants of Rhus typhina along a trail in wNfld. have also persisted and will likely spread.]

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