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Devil’s Walkingstick (Aralia Spinosa) Native Growing Regions: Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Aralia
• Family: Araliaceae
• Order: Apiales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Tree Shrub
• Native Status: L48 (N)
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC FACW-
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FAC) 2(FAC) 3(FACW-) 6(FAC)
• Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: Yes
• Fall Conspicuous: Yes
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: White
• Flower Conspicuous: Yes
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Porous
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
• Foliage Texture: Coarse
• Fruit/Seed Color: Black
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
• Growth Form: Single Stem
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 30
• Height Mature (feet): 30
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Moderate
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: Yes
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: Slight
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: No
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: Low
• CaCO3 Tolerance: High
• Cold Stratification Required: Yes
• Drought Tolerance: Low
• Fertility Requirement: High
• Fire Tolerance: High
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 160
• Hedge Tolerance: None
• Moisture Use: High
• pH (Minimum): 5.5
• pH (Maximum): 7.2
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 700
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 1700
• Precipitation (Minimum): 35
• Precipitation (Maximum): 60
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 30
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -18
• Bloom Period: Early Summer
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: High
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes
• Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 131000
• Seed Spread Rate: Slow
• Seedling Vigor: Medium
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: None

Devil’s Walkingstick (Aralia Spinosa)

Aralia Spinosa, or more commonly know as Devil’s Walkingstick, is a tree shrub with green foliage and white flowers of the genus Aralia. It has a moderate growth rate and a height of 30 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It’s active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during early summer and is somewhat tolerant of shade. Aralia Spinosa or Devil’s Walkingstick‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Tags: Apiales, Aralia, Araliaceae, Dicot, Green, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Moderate, Perennial, Single Stem, Tree Shrub

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