subfamily
Cashews, Sumacs, and Allies
Anacardioideae
Field notes
Children 24 of 28
- Sumacs 11 native
- Poison Ivies and Oaks 5 native
- Malosma 1 native
- Poisonwoods 1 native
- Pistaches 1 native
- Smoketrees 1 native
- Maidenplums
- Peppertrees
- Cashews
- Mangoes
- Astronium
- Schinopsis
- Ozoroa
- Tarwoods
- Kliphouts
- Euroschinus
- Gluta
- Amphipterygium
- Sorindeia
- Lithraea
- Protorhus
- Bouea
- Buchanania
- Pachycormus
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native cashews, sumacs, and allies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Skunkbush Sumac
Rhus trilobata
caterpillars
34
hosts
2
food
33
flowers
64
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Staghorn Sumac
Rhus typhina
caterpillars
33
bees
1
hosts
3
food
42
flowers
91
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Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra
caterpillars
32
bees
1
hosts
3
food
39
flowers
178
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Fragrant Sumac
Rhus aromatica
caterpillars
31
bees
1
hosts
3
food
38
flowers
119
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Shining Sumac
Rhus copallinum
caterpillars
31
bees
1
hosts
2
food
47
flowers
136
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Evergreen Sumac
Rhus virens
caterpillars
22
hosts
3
food
24
flowers
17
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Michaux's Sumac
Rhus michauxii
caterpillars
22
hosts
1
food
25
flowers
26
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Little Leaf Sumac
Rhus microphylla
caterpillars
21
hosts
4
food
24
flowers
38
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Prairie Flameleaf Sumac
Rhus lanceolata
caterpillars
21
hosts
2
food
24
flowers
21
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Laurel Sumac
Malosma laurina
caterpillars
14
food
12
flowers
53
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Atlantic Poison Oak
Toxicodendron pubescens
caterpillars
11
hosts
1
food
10
flowers
12
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Eastern Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
caterpillars
8
hosts
6
food
42
flowers
25
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Sugar Bush
Rhus ovata
caterpillars
7
food
18
flowers
37
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Lemonade Berry
Rhus integrifolia
caterpillars
5
hosts
1
food
19
flowers
48
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American Smoketree
Cotinus obovatus
caterpillars
4