Devils Walking Stick Plant

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Devils walking stick plant. Close up of spines on young tree found on trunk and branches. It is found throughout arkansas and shares close kinship with english ivy ginseng and the houseplant schefflera. Aralia spinosa commonly known as devil s walking stick is a woody species of plant in the genus aralia family araliaceae native to eastern north america the various names refer to the viciously sharp spiny stems petioles and even leaf midribs. This plant has 3 to 4 ft.

Plant in an area where contact with the thorns is unlikely. Cluster of creamy white flowers in summer. Ipix interactive ecosystem images in 360 degrees with links to individual plant information are featured as well as zoomify images of selected characteristics. Note how the grow in rings around the wood.

The devil s walking stick has small 5 petaled white flowers to 1 8 across bloom in huge terminal clusters of umbellose panicles to 24 long in june september. Close up of a single leaflet. When young it is a rather spiny lot. Aralia spinosa ah ray lee ah spin oh sah audio.

This is a good time to harvest the new shoots for cooking. Devil s walking stick aralia spinosa is a 30 foot tall tree native in the southeast and as far north as southern illinois. Images are provided in galleries and are available by common name scientific name family ecosystem and wetland indicator status. It has also been known as angelica tree.

The devil s walking stick can be found growing in disturbed areas and along forest edges throughout a large swath of eastern north america. This plant typically grows in the forest understory or along the edges of forests. Woody plant leaf characteristics. The flowers are quite showy and very attractive to bees.

Devil s walking stick trees are small only growing about 30 tall. Louisiana plant id is an online resource for images and descrptions of louisiana plants and ecosystems. Propagationthis plant is easy to start from seed by division or from root cuttings. Aralia spinosa or devil s walking stick is a moderate to highly preferred deer browse from the ginseng family araliaceae found throughout the southeastern united states that also goes by several other common names including prickly ash hercules club and toothache tree among others the trouble is these same common names are also used to describe a woody plant in the citrus family.

These are not true spines which are modified parts of leaves but rather prickles which arise from extensions of the cortex or epidermis. This species is sometimes called hercules club prickly ash or prickly elder common names it shares. Devil s walking stick flowers in the summer and the fruits numerous black drupes about 0 25 inches in diameter mature in late fall.