Toxicodendron pubescens
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Toxicodendron pubescens, commonly known as Atlantic poison oak, is a North American shrub noted for its oak-like leaves and skin-irritating, urushiol-containing sap.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Toxicodendron pubescens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6084813 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toxicodendron pubescens Context triple: [Toxicodendron, containsTaxon, Toxicodendron pubescens]
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A.
Toxicodendron vernix
Toxicodendron vernix is a North American shrub or small tree commonly known as poison sumac, notorious for causing severe allergic skin reactions through its urushiol-containing sap.
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B.
Toxicodendron radicans
Toxicodendron radicans is a North American woody vine or shrub commonly known as poison ivy, notorious for causing allergic skin reactions through contact with its urushiol-containing leaves and stems.
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C.
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Toxicodendron diversilobum is a woody shrub or vine native to western North America, commonly known as Pacific poison oak, notorious for causing allergic skin reactions upon contact.
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D.
Toxicodendron
Toxicodendron is a genus of plants best known for species like poison ivy and poison oak, which cause allergic skin reactions in many people.
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E.
Rhus
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toxicodendron pubescens Target entity description: Toxicodendron pubescens, commonly known as Atlantic poison oak, is a North American shrub noted for its oak-like leaves and skin-irritating, urushiol-containing sap.
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A.
Toxicodendron vernix
Toxicodendron vernix is a North American shrub or small tree commonly known as poison sumac, notorious for causing severe allergic skin reactions through its urushiol-containing sap.
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B.
Toxicodendron radicans
Toxicodendron radicans is a North American woody vine or shrub commonly known as poison ivy, notorious for causing allergic skin reactions through contact with its urushiol-containing leaves and stems.
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C.
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Toxicodendron diversilobum is a woody shrub or vine native to western North America, commonly known as Pacific poison oak, notorious for causing allergic skin reactions upon contact.
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D.
Toxicodendron
Toxicodendron is a genus of plants best known for species like poison ivy and poison oak, which cause allergic skin reactions in many people.
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E.
Rhus
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant species
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shrubs ⓘ |
| causes | allergic contact dermatitis in humans ⓘ |
| commonName | Atlantic poison oak ⓘ |
| containsCompound | urushiol ⓘ |
| distributionStatus | native, not introduced in its core range ⓘ |
| effectOnSkin |
blistering rash
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itching ⓘ redness ⓘ |
| family | Anacardiaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerSex | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| genus | Toxicodendron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| growthForm | deciduous shrub ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry, sandy soils
ⓘ
open woods ⓘ thickets ⓘ |
| hasAllergen | urushiol ⓘ |
| hasLeafType | oak-like leaves ⓘ |
| hasSap | urushiol-containing sap ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafletCount | three leaflets per leaf ⓘ |
| leafMargin | lobed or toothed ⓘ |
| leafSurface | often slightly hairy ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North America
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eastern United States ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction by flowers and seeds ⓘ |
| risk | contact with leaves, stems, or roots can cause dermatitis ⓘ |
| seasonalColor | leaves turn red or orange in autumn ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Toxicodendron diversilobum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toxicodendron radicans ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| toxicTo | humans ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Toxicodendron pubescens Description of subject: Toxicodendron pubescens, commonly known as Atlantic poison oak, is a North American shrub noted for its oak-like leaves and skin-irritating, urushiol-containing sap.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.