Re: [ENTS] Re: Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosaScott, Carolyn, and George,
I looked up the Brooklyn Botanic Garden website: http://www.bbg.org/ And specifically the New York Metropolitan Flora Project . It lists Aralia spinosa as a non-native species to the region. I does indicate a couple of other species in the family. Specifically with regard to Aralia spinosa and Aralia elata It has the following key to the two species: http://www.bbg.org/sci/nymf/encyclopedia/index.html Key to the species of Aralia 1. Leaflets pubescent beneath, veins run to the ends of serrations...Aralia elata (leaflets hairy underneath) 1. Leaflets nearly glabrous beneath, veins anastomose...Aralia spinosa (leaflets hairless underneath) Ed Frank --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
