Rhus copallinum Linnaeus var. copallinum. Common name: Eastern Winged Sumac, Eastern Flameleaf Sumac. Phenology: Jul-Sep; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry woodlands, maritime thickets (especially from VA northward), old fields, roadsides. Distribution: S. NY south to s. FL, west to e. TX, mainly on the Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The recognition of two or more varieties is problematic (the variation in leaflet size, shape, and number clinal), yet the degree of variation makes a monolithic Rhus copallinum uncomfortable. The Linnaean epithet "Copallinum" (traditionally capitalized) is grammatically a noun in apposition rather than an adjective, and therefore does not change grammatical gender.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, NY, Va; = n/a — Il; = Rhus copallina L. var. copallina — F, Pa, orthographic variant; < Rhus copallina L. — G, RAB, Tat, Tx, W, orthographic variant; < Rhus copallina L. var. copallina — NeUS, orthographic variant; >< Rhus copallina L. var. copallina — Barkley (1937), orthographic variant; > Rhus copallina L. var. leucantha (Jacq.) DC. — Barkley (1937), orthographic variant; < Rhus copallinum L. — Ar, C, Fl4, K4, Ok, POWO, WH3; >< Rhus copallinum L. — S; < Rhus copallinum L. var. copallinum — FNA13; > Rhus copallinum L. var. copallinum — NS; > Rhus copallinum L. var. leucantha (Jacq.) DC. — NS; > Rhus leucantha Jacq. — S; > Rhus obtusifolia (Small) Small — S; >< Schmaltzia copallina (L.) Small — S13; > Schmaltzia obtusifolia Small — S13; Rhus copallinum L. Basionym: Rhus copallinum L. 1753
Links to other floras: < Rhus copallinum var. copallinum - FNA13
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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native range: eastern United States
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