Schinus terebinthifolius

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NAMING

Scientific Name: Schinus terebinthifolius
Family: Anacardiaceae
Common: brazilian pepper, florida holly

HABITAT

Non-Native from South America
Category 1 Invasive
Habitat: Wetter sites (mainly) but will move to dry
Range: Throughout Florida

TREE TRUNK

Size: 40 ft tall, multiple stems creates thickets
Bark: –

LEAVES

oddly pinnately compound (3-11 leaflets)
margins are finely serrate
dark green above
light green below
glaborous
peppery smell when crushed
wings appearing on illegible
Deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: September through November (intense) axillary clusters, white
Fruit: red drupe (hundreds of drupes), looks like peppercorns

USES

Wildlife – birds love berries

TOLERANCES

Shade: no
Fire: moderate
Flood: low
Drought: low

Rhus copallinum

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NAMING

Scientific Name: Rhus copallinum
Family: anacardiaceae
Common: winged sumac

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: fallow fields, disturbed areas, sandy soils
Range: Main -> Florida -> Texas -> Nebraska -> Ontario

TREE TRUNK

Size: 20 ft tall
Bark: Deciduous, thin, lenticals, brown
Twigs: pseudo-terminal bud, fuzzy pubescent

LEAVES

Composition: compound, pinnate, odd
Arrangement: alternate
Shape: elliptic
Base: inequalateral
Margin: entire
Upper surface: shiny green
Lower surface: pale
Other: wing rlsus

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: –
Fruit: drupe, clusters towards end <illegible>, lemon taste

USES

Wildlife – deer, small mammals eat
Commercial – native plant industry

TOLERANCES

Fire – intolerant
Salt – intolerant
Drought – Medium
Flood – low