Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Grace Smokebush
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Round
Flowers: Flower Color: Pink • Flower Conspicuous: Tiny flowers in clusters
Size/Age/Growth
Growth Rate: Moderate Growing • Size: Grows 12 ft . to 15 ft. tall and wide.
Landscaping
Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring .
Habitat
Biome: coastland, disturbed areas, water courses
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun
Moisture: Water Requirements: Once established needs only occasional water.
Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 8 (>90 to 120 days) Low:3 (>7 to 14 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: High:8 (10 to 20 F) Low:4 (-30 to -20 F) (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rutanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Sapindales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
()
- R. Br., in Tuckey, 1818, nom. cons.
- Family:
Anacardiaceae
(
- Order:
Sapindales
(
- Superorder:
Rutanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cotinus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. coggygria (Common Smoketree) · C. coggygria 'Ancot' (Golden Spirit Smoke Tree) · C. coggygria 'Golden Spirit' (Golden Smoke Tree) · C. coggygria 'Nordine' (Smoke Tree) · C. coggygria 'Pink Champagne' (Smoke Tree) · C. coggygria 'Purpureus' (Smoke Tree) · C. coggygria 'Royal Purple' (Royal Purple Smoke Bush) · C. coggygria 'Velvet Cloak' (Smoke Tree) · C. coggygria 'Young Lady' (Smoke Tree) · C. cotinus (Smoketree) · C. nitida (Green June Beetle) · C. obovatus (American Smoketree) · C. x 'Grace' (Grace Smokebush) · C. 'Grace' (Smoke Tree)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 709398
