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Your search found 13 taxa in the family Araliaceae, Ginseng family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
English Ivy, Common Ivy
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Hedera helix var. helix FAMILY: Araliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hedera helix FAMILY: Araliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hedera helix 139-01-001 FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it to be persistent, established, and spreading around old home sites, in suburban woodlands and waste areas
Uncommon
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Atlantic Ivy, Irish Ivy
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Hedera hibernica FAMILY: Araliaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hedera hibernica FAMILY: Araliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hedera helix 139-01-001? FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it to be persistent, established, and spreading around old home sites, in suburban woodlands and waste areas;
Uncommon
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Persian Ivy
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Hedera colchica FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hedera colchica FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it to be persistent after cultivation, perhaps not naturalized
Rare
Non-native: the Caucasus
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Common Name:
Dwarf Ginseng
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Panax trifolius FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panax trifolius FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panax trifolium 139-02-001 FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in cove forests, bottomland forests, other nutrient-rich forests
Uncommon in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Ginseng, Sang
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Panax quinquefolius FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Panax quinquefolius FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Panax quinquefolium 139-02-002 FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in cove forests, mesic hardwood forests, generally in nutrient-rich forests though tending to avoid the richest coves
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Devil's Walkingstick, Hercules-club, Prickly Aralia, Prickly-ash
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aralia spinosa FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aralia spinosa FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aralia spinosa 139-03-001 FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in disturbed pocosins & bottomlands, disturbed areas, moist to dry forests & woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wild Sarsaparilla
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aralia nudicaulis FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aralia nudicaulis FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aralia nudicaulis 139-03-002 FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in upland forests & woodlands, rocky places, most typically in rather dry places, such as ridgetop forests
Common (uncommon in Piedmont, uncommon in SC, rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Spikenard
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aralia racemosa FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aralia racemosa 139-03-003 FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in rich woodlands, trail margins & roadsides
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bristly Sarsaparilla
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Aralia hispida FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aralia hispida FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in rocky woodlands, cliffs, and clearings, primarily over acidic rocks (such as quartzite, granite, and sandstone)
Rare
Native north of the Carolinas & perhaps in NC
Common Name: Japanese Angelica-tree
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Aralia elata FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aralia elata FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in suburban woodlands. This is an alien spreading southward from the northeastern US to at least as far south as VA.
Rare
Non-native: Japan
Common Name: Japanese Aralia, Fatsia, paperplant
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Fatsia japonica FAMILY: Araliaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Fatsia japonica FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in suburban woodlands
Waif(s)
Non-native: Japan
Common Name: Castor Aralia
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Kalopanax septemlobus FAMILY: Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Kalopanax septemlobus FAMILY: Araliaceae
Look for it in disturbed suburban areas
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree, Schefflera
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Araliaceae
PLANTS National Database: Schefflera actinophylla FAMILY: Araliaceae
Non-native: South Pacific
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