Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. radicans GRIN-Global

Taxon: Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. radicans

Summary

Genus:

Toxicodendron

Family:

Anacardiaceae

Subfamily:

Anacardioideae

Nomen number:

409814

Verified:

06/24/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze (0 active accession[s])
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. eximium (Greene) Gillis (0 active accession[s])
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. orientale (Greene) Gillis (0 active accession[s])
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. verrucosum (Scheele) Gillis (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Rhus radicans L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Rhus littoralis Mearns
Rhus radicans L. var. littoralis (Mearns) Deam

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Reference(s)

Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964

Common names

English
poison-ivy –
Swedish
klättersumak –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bermuda

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Nova Scotia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Bermuda

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409814. Accessed 2 August 2025.