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Evergreen sumac

Rhus virens

Also called Tobacco Sumac

Evergreen sumac
Photo: Homer Edward Price, CC BY 2.0
Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Arizona to Texas and Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Rhus virens is a species of flowering plant in the mango family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to Arizona, southern New Mexico, and Texas in the United States as well as northern and central Mexico as far south as Oaxaca.

It is commonly known as the evergreen sumac or tobacco sumac.

Other Rhus plants

Fragrant sumac · Chinese sumac · Winged sumac · Sicilian sumac · Smooth sumac · Lemonade sumac · Kearney's sumac · Prairie sumac · False poison sumac · Littleleaf sumac · Sugar sumac · Potanin Sumac

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhus virens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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