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Rhus laurina, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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Rhus laurina

Rhus laurina

Broadleaf
61
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
7.5 in
median trunk (19 cm, 60 measured)
35 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)

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Rhus laurina is a subtropical shrub native to Southern California and Northwestern Mexico. It is not considered a poison sumac and does not typically cause skin irritations.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Los Angeles · United States
    6135 yr7.5 in

Traits

Form
Broadleaf

Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 7.3 in, 90th percentile 7.5 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub

  • California coastal sage and chaparral
  • California interior chaparral and woodlands
  • California montane chaparral and woodlands

Deserts & Xeric Shrublands

  • Baja California desert

Other Rhus in the catalogue

9 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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