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Zanthoxylum americanum P. Miller. Section: Zanthoxylum. Common name: Northern Toothache Tree, Northern Prickly-ash. Phenology: Mar-May; Jul-Aug. Habitat: Woodlands, forests, and glade margins over calcareous or mafic rocks, often forming extensive colonies near outcrops. Sometimes planted. Distribution: S. QC west to e. ND, south to e. SC (a single site known in the state), c. GA, Panhandle FL, e. TN, c. TN, and OK; disjunct in ne. Mexico (NLE, TAM).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = Ar, C, Can, Fl4, FNA13, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Porter (1976); = Xanthoxylum americanum Mill. — F, S13, orthographic variant; < Zanthoxylum americanum Mill. — Reynel (2017); Zanthoxylum americanum Mill. — (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Zanthoxylum americanum - FNA13

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: UPL
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily : 7

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native range
eastern North America


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