Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Searsia > Searsia pyroidesSearsia pyroides (staghorn sumac)Synonyms: Rhus baurii; Rhus hirta (heterotypic); Rhus intermedia (heterotypic); Rhus puberula; Rhus pyroides (heterotypic); Rhus pyroides var. gracilis; Rhus pyroides var. transvaalensis; Rhus steudneri; Rhus tridentata; Rhus tridentata var. integrifolia; Rhus villosa (heterotypic); Rhus vulgaris; Toxicodendron pyrodes; Toxicodendron pyroides (homotypic); Toxicodendron tridentatum (homotypic) Searsia pyroides, previously known as Rhus pyroides, (common currant-rhus English, gewone taaibos Afrikaans, nhlokoshiyane isiZulu) is a species of Searsia, native to southern Africa. This tree occurs throughout the whole of South Africa, a part of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Tanzania and in some areas of Namibia near Windhoek. It is very variable in all respects, though it is usually bushy and often thorny. It is found in bushveld, dry thornveld, on rocky hillsides, termite mounds, water courses and even on the fringes of forests. It is very hardy, tough, drought resistant and deciduous. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | High |  | | Janka Hardness [3] | 680 lbf (308 kgf) Soft | | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [4] | Perennial | | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.45 | | Structure [2] | Shrub |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Acadia National Park |
II |
35996 |
Maine, United States |
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Algonquin Provincial Park |
IV |
1868802 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Allegheny Portage Railroad Nat'l Hist. Site National Historic Site |
III |
1152 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
V |
73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Bluestone National Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
3517 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Bruce Peninsula National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Burnham Beeches |
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946 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve |
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90 |
Michigan, United States |
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Cape Breton Highlands National Park |
II |
234333 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
II |
5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
V |
19586 |
Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Chippewa Nature Center |
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Michigan, United States |
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Dartmoor |
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57244 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Essex Estuaries |
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114016 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fire Island National Seashore |
V |
9433 |
New York, United States |
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield |
III |
1019 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Nat'l Military Park National Military Park |
V |
10384 |
Virginia, United States |
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Friendship Hill National Historic Site |
III |
697 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Fundy National Park |
II |
52716 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
V |
1807 |
New Jersey, United States |
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Gauley River National Recreation Area |
V |
10157 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Georgian Bay Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
V |
3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
VI |
715 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
III |
861 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
V |
1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve |
Ib |
571799 |
Michigan, United States |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Johnstown Flood National Memorial |
VI |
175 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Kejimkujik National Park |
II |
94203 |
Nova Scotia, Canada |
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La Mauricie National Park |
II |
131706 |
Quebec, Canada |
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Lower Derwent Valley |
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2263 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
II |
51235 |
Kentucky, United States |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
VI |
1677 |
New Jersey, United States |
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National Capital Parks - Central National Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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National Capital Region - East National Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
55591 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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North Somerset and Mendip Bats |
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1387 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
5268 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
V |
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Czech Republic |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Point Pelee National Park |
II |
5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Prince Edward Island National Park |
II |
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Prince Edward Island, Canada |
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Rock Creek Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
II |
5035 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Saint Lawrence Islands National Park |
II |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Saratoga National Historical Park |
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New York, United States |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Shenandoah National Park |
II |
108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
VI |
3509 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Western Michigan Universitys Asylum Lake Preserve |
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274 |
Michigan, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 5Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366.
Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository. ♦ 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 ♦ 8Megastigmus transvaalensis (Hussey) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Torymidae), J.P. Cuda, G.S. Wheeler and D.H. Habeck, University of Florida, June 2002. Revised: May 2014 |
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
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