Zanthoxylum americanum Mill.

Prickly Ash

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Rutaceae

Genus: Zanthoxylum

Species: Zanthoxylum americanum

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native, Introduced

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
NH - State Endangered (Historic)

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FACU

PHOTOS OF Zanthoxylum americanum