Calflora: Triadica sebifera

Triadica sebifera (L.) Small

Chinese tallowtree

Triadica sebifera, a dicot, is a tree that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Triadica sebifera on native ecosystems as moderate -- ALERT (plant profile).

Community:	escaped cultivar
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in non wetlands, but occasionally found in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Toxicity:	DERMATITIS [California Poison Control System 2010]

Family:	EUPHORBIACEAE

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

Other Names:

PLANTS:	Croton sebiferum
TJM2 + PLANTS:	Sapium sebiferum

Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

Hover the mouse over the map to see county names. Click to view records from that county.

	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Triadica sebifera from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (TRSE6)

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database