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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Rhus copallina
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SAPINDALES
 FAMILY:   ANACARDIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Rhus copallina
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    DWARF SUMAC
    SHINNING SUMAC
    WINGED SUMAC
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: RHCO
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
     PRAIRIE
       SAND PRAIRIE
         DRY
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Coastal Plain
        Cretaceous Hills
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       CALHOUN         CASS            CLARK
   CLAY            COOK            CRAWFORD        EDWARDS         FRANKLIN
   GALLATIN        GREENE          HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HARDIN
   IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JEFFERSON       JERSEY          JO DAVIESS
   JOHNSON         KANKAKEE        LAKE            LAWRENCE        LIVINGSTON
   MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN
   MADISON         MARION          MASSAC          MONROE          MONTGOMERY
   OGLE            PERRY           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI
   RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SHELBY
   UNION           WABASH          WASHINGTON      WAYNE           WHITE
   WILL            WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   DRUPE
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Leaf rachis is winged; has ashy-pubescent branches and petioles; red,
     pubescent drupes.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     Species is common in the southern fourth of the state; is rare to
     occasional elsewhere.
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 POPULATION STATUS COMMENTS:
     Species is common in the southern fourth of the state, and is rare to occasional
     elsewhere.
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      7         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual   -dioecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Species is polygamodioecious - both perfect and unisexual.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in dry hills; edges of fields; woodland edges.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   BIRD   -internal     MAMMAL   -internal
 
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     LANDSCAPING:  YES     AMOUNT:   High
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Leaves and twigs are rich in tannic acid.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:   -   Leaves   Stems   Buds
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:   -   Fruit
         WATERFOWL VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:   -   Fruit
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:   -   Fruit   Stems
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
     WILDLIFE COMMENTS:
         Terrestrial furbearers-food-fruit, bark.
 
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS:  Easy
     LONG-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Good
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Good
 
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     Seed company numbers: 2,19,27,28,39
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Form-balled and burlapped.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Anon.  1981.  Illinois plants for habitat restoration.  Illinois Department of
     Conservation, Mining Program.  Springfield, Illinois.  61 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
Grimm, W. C.  1950.  The trees of Pennsylvania.  Stackpole and Heck, New York
     and Harrisburg.  363 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Rhus copallina
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015