Aralia spinosa

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Aralia spinosa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Aralia
Species: A. spinosa
Binomial name
Aralia spinosa
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Natural range of Aralia spinosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common names" Devil's Walking Stick

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Aralia spinosa:

Apidae: Epeolus zonatus

Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis

Colletidae: Hylaeus confluens

Halictidae: Augochlora pura

Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni

Leucospididae: Leucospis slossonae

Megachilidae: Coelioxys dolichos

Megachilidae: Coelioxys sayi

Megachilidae: Coelioxys texana

Megachilidae: Megachile mendica

Megachilidae: Megachile xylocopoides

Sphecidae: Cerceris flavofasciata floridensis

Sphecidae: Cerceris rufopicta

Sphecidae: Ectemnius decemmaculatus tequesta

Sphecidae: Ectemnius maculosus

Sphecidae: Ectemnius rufipes ais

Vespidae: Euodynerus megaera

Vespidae: Parancistrocerus perennis anacardivora

Vespidae: Zethus spinipes

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes