The fruit of S. molle and S. terebinthifolius are disseminated by birds. It is likely that the fruit of S. polygamus can be spread in the same manner. Schinus polygamus is native to Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru. It has not invaded the drier hillsides near Riverside. S. polygamus appears less adapted to aridity than S. molle .
Little information is available on the control of Schinus polygamus .
Much of the control suggestions below are extrapolations of methods shown to be effective on the closely related plants Schinus molle and Schinus terebinthifolius . If hand pulling, the use of gloves is recommended because of number of species in this family can cause contact dermatitis. Control of larger plants is said to be more effective if the trunk is cut slightly below ground level. This would be time consuming with large plants, so it might be more efficient to accept the decreased effectiveness of conventional painted stump methods, but treat many more plants. Jacobson, A.L. 1996.