| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | SERNEC has no NC specimens. BONAP maps it in Mecklenburg County, and Weakley (2018) shows it for the NC Piedmont.
Native of Eurasia and north Africa; in N.A. southern Canada south to NC, northern MS, KS, UT, WA. | |
| Abundance | Very rare, but no data available. | |
| Habitat | Disturbed areas in the U.S. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-June. | |
| Identification | A tall shrub or small tree up to 25 feet. Leaves are opposite or subopposite, ovate to elliptic and usually with a short drip-tip, rather shiny above, tardily deciduous. The leaves of R. davurica are relatively longer and have 4-6 lateral veins on each side of the leaf midrib, versus 3 lateral veins in R. cathartica. | |
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| State Rank | SE * | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
