Description ³

• Shape: Shrub - vine
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: Yellow/green elongated cluster
• Leaves: compound in groups of 3, 3-7 inches long and 2-4 inches wide, egg shaped with pointed tip, few large teeth, sometimes just on one side
• Bark: hairy, aerial roots when a vine
• Fruit/Seed: white/yellow, round, green berry, 1/6 inch diameter
• Height: 6-60 feet
• Flowering: June
• Habitat: floodplains woods, roadsides
• Other: Noxious weed, produces urushiol oil which can cause a rash when in contact with skin.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) James St. John, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/49046043216/
2. (c) Kerry Wixted, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/kwixted0/7294920648/
3. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
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