Aralia spinosa
devil's walkingstick, devil's walking-stick, prickly ash, hercules club, angelica tree
Family
Araliaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Type
bipinnate, compound, tripinnate
Growth Form
shrub, tree
Flower Color
white
Flower Petals
5
Flower Month
May - September
Height (meters)
12.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Armed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Leaf Retention
Deciduous
Wetland Class
FAC
Field Characters
1) stem is armed with prickles and has conspicuous lenticels; 2) leaves are up to 4' long and are bi- or tripinnately compound; 3) leaf scars are very large; 4) fruit is a black berry in terminal clusters.
Habitat
Moist or wet forests.