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Name & Classification
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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