Smoketree (Cotinus)
Smoketree Genus Details
Smoketree is a native tree of the southeastern U.S. It reaches 20-30 feet tall and displays blunt-tipped leaves. The smoketree turns orange to scarlet in fall. The bark is gray-black and the flowers are 1/8 inch wide with 5 greenish-white petals in clusters. The fruit is 3/16 inch long, flat and pale brown. Wood from the native species of smoketree was once used for making a yellow dye.
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European Smoketree (Cotinus coggygria).
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European Smoketree (Cotinus coggygria).
Smoketree Allergy Info
The smoketree produces large amounts of pollen. However, the pollen produced is insect dispersed and does not typically contribute to pollinosis.
Smoketree Pollen Description
Grains are prolate to spheroidal; the amb triangular with convex sides and 3-colporate or occasionally brevicolpate to porate. The colpi are typically long and narrow and the sexine is often striate.
Pollen grains are generally 25-30 micrometers.
Species in This Genus
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Allergy Test Available
Smoketree (Cotinus) is a genus of the ANACARDIACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
