Cotinus obovatus Rafinesque. Common name: American Smoketree. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Glades, exposed bluffs, and dry upland woodlands over calcareous soils and rock outcrops. Distribution: Se. TN (Cumberland Plateau) (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), nw. GA, and n. AL west to OK and e. and sc. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Other Comments: A small tree of limestone woodlands and glade margins, occasionally planted as an ornamental tree.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, F, FNA13, G, K4, Mo2, NcTx, NS, Ok, POWO, Tn, Tx; Rhus americana (Nutt.) Sudw.; Rhus cotinoides Nutt. ex Chapm.; = Cotinus americanus Nutt. — S, Barkley (1937); = Cotinus cotinoides (Nutt.) Britton — S13; = Cotinus obovata Raf., orthographic variant; = n/a — C. Basionym: Cotinus obovatus Raf. 1840
Links to other floras: = Cotinus obovatus - FNA13
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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native range: southeastern United States
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