...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
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 (1968) 139-03-001:
Aralia spinosa
FAMILY
Araliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Devil's Walkingstick, Hercules-club, Prickly Aralia, Prickly-ash
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arsp2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_arsp2_007_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160504_477
May Jackson County NC
Pulley Park
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JK Marlow jkm190506_8176
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Gill Newberry gn06_aralia_spinosa
June
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JK Marlow jkm160617_068
June McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160617_070
June McCormick County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160617_073
June McCormick County SC
Leaves glabrous or glabrate [here note the widely spaced trichomes], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0407k_03
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0407z_19
July Oconee County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0407z_22
July Oconee County SC
Roadside
Leaves bipinnately compound, 2 to 4' long; leaflets toothed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0407z_26
July Oconee County SC
Roadside
Many-flowered terminal panicles, 3-4' long, appear in late summer, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm160715_298
July McCormick County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_3309
July Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm0308t_01
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The trunk has strong prickles, unless quite large, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_905
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Usually 5 stamens; 5 stigmas; 5 styles fused basally, then separate & recurved, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_908
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0310g_34
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0310g_37
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0411a_31
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0511b_36
November Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruit is a black drupe with reddish juice, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm081103_043
November Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaf scar nearly encircles twig, often w a row of prickles surrounding it, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm081103_044
November Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges