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Cotinus coggygria (European smoketree)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cotinus coggygria, syn. Rhus cotinus, the European smoketree, Eurasian smoketree, smoke tree, smoke bush, or dyer's sumach is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae, native to a large area from southern Europe, east across central Asia and the Himalayas to northern China.
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Infraspecies

Cotinus coggygria var. chengkouensis
Cotinus coggygria var. cinerea
Cotinus coggygria var. coggygria
Cotinus coggygria var. glaucophylla
Cotinus coggygria var. pubescens

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Cotinus coggygria

Attributes

Dispersal Mode [4]  Zoochory
Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Hazards [1]  Skin contact with this plant can cause dermatitis in sensitive people; Though related to several poisonous species, this species is definitely not poisonous;
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  An essential oil is obtained from the leaves and flowers; It has a mango-like smell; Is it edible[K]? A yellow to orange dye is obtained from the root and stem; It is somewhat fugitive though; The leaves and bark are a good source of tannins; Wood - ornamental. Used for cabinet making, picture frames; The twigs are used in basketry;
Height [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Width [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
View Plants For A Future Record : Cotinus coggygria

Protected Areas

Predators

Calophya rhois[5]
Carpatolechia decorella[5]
Eutelia adulatrix[6]
Lepidosaphes ulmi (apple oystershell scale)[7]
Thaumetopoea cheela[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Erysiphe alphitoides[8]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 4Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0