Aralia spinosa
| 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 L. | |
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| Natural range of Aralia spinosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Description
Common names: Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules’s-club, Prickly-ash
Distribution
It is found as north as New Jersey, west to Illinois, and south to Florida, and then west towards eastern Texas (Weakley 2015).
Ecology
Habitat
Is found in disturbed pocosins, bottomlands, disturbed areas, and in moist to dry forests and woodland habitats (Weakley 2015).
Phenology
Flowers from June to September (Weakley 2015).
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
Weakley, Alan S. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU). PDF. 1219.
