Zanthoxylum americanum

Characteristics
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.
prickly ash
Wet thickets, low and floodplain mesic forests, streamside thickets, thin soils over limestone and calcareous bedrock, and other calcareous habitats both wet and dry.
Tree, Shrub
Perennial
Vascular
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Native FACU (NWPL EMP) FACU (NWPL NCNE) S5 (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Sapindales
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill. - prickly ash
Citation
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.
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Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos
Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Seneca Co., NY: 03 May 2019 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Seneca Co., NY: 03 May 2019 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Tompkins County, NY: 07 May 2021 -
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Photo by: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Tompkins County, NY: 07 May 2021 -
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Photo by: Selma Rosenthal. Photo taken: Onondaga Co., NY: 4 May 2017 - 7
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Photo by: Selma Rosenthal. Photo taken: Onondaga Co., NY: 4 May 2017 - 7
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Photo by: Selma Rosenthal. Photo taken: Onondaga Co., NY: 7 Jul 2017 - 7
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Photo by: Selma Rosenthal. Photo taken: Onondaga Co., NY: 12 Aug 2017 - 7
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Photo by: Selma Rosenthal. Photo taken: Onondaga Co., NY: 12 Aug 2017 - 7
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