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Other Names:Scientific Name: Rhus radicans L.
Plant Family: Anacardiaceae
Botanical Description: woody shrub or vineStems: woody, 6 - 36 inches tall, climbing by aerial rootlets or creeping along the ground
Leaves: consist of three leaflets each 2 - 4 inches long, shiny green above, slightly hairy beneath, pointed at tips, edges either smooth or irregularly toothed, red or reddish-yellow in the fall
Roots: aerial rootlets support plant weight while climbing
Flowers: small, green, 5 petals, borne in loose clusters 1 - 3 inches long in leaf axils, bloom May - June
Seeds: in small, white to green, round hard berries in clusters in the fall
Seedling:
Very poisonous skin irritant to some people.
Reproduction: perennialPropagation: seed and rootstocks
Dispersal:
State: Found throughout Wisconsin.National: Common throughout all continental U.S.
Origin: native to North America
Found in mountainlands, open woods, fence rows, thickets, orchards, and wasteland. Common on dikes and ditchbanks, occasionally in the cranberry beds.
While scouting a cranberry bed for disease and insect pests, identify weed populations as they arise. Note the specie(s) of weed present as well as the population level relative to field area. Example: 10% poison ivy, 20% boneset and joe-pye weed mix.
Dana, M. 1987. Cranberry Weeds in Wisconsin. Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 1.
Kummer, L. D., T. G. Dittl, and T. D. Planer. 1993. Wisconsin Cranberry Weeds. Wisconsin Cranberry Board, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. p. 22.
Lorenzi, H. J. and L. S. Jeffery. 1987. Weeds of the United States and Their Control. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, New York. p. 201.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1981. Weeds of the North Central States: North Central Regional Research Publication No. 281. College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 772. p. 121.
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