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.