Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze

Poison Ivy

Synonyms: Toxicodendron aboriginum, Toxicodendron negundo, Rhus radicans, Rhus toxicodendron var. radicans, Toxicodendron vulgare

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Anacardiaceae

Genus: Toxicodendron

Species: Toxicodendron radicans

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
VT - State Historic (subsp. negundo)

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FAC

PHOTOS OF Toxicodendron radicans