Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum americanum | Northern Toothache Tree, Northern Prickly-ash | Woodlands, forests, and glade margins over calcareous or mafic rocks, often forming extensive colonies near outcrops. Sometimes planted. | 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). | |
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Southern Toothache Tree, Hercules'-club, Sea-ash, Southern Prickly-ash, Pepper-bark, Tickle-tongue | Maritime forests, dunes, shell middens, shell hammocks, maritime scrub, inland (in FL and GA) in hammocks. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. VA south to s. FL and west to TX, AR, and OK. In the northern part of its distribution, it is restricted to the outer Coastal Plain, nearly entirely on barrier islands. | |
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum fagara | Wild Lime, Colima, Lime Prickly-ash, Uña de Gato, Correosa, Satinwood | Coastal hammocks, inland hammocks with (usually) calcareous influence. | N. FL peninsula (Citrus, Marion, and Flagler counties) south to s. FL; West Indies; se. and s. TX south through Mexico and Central America. | |
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum flavum | West Indian Satinwood, Yellowwood, Yellowheart | Rockland hammocks, coastal berms. | S. FL (Monroe County keys); West Indies. | |
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum hirsutum | Texas Hercules'-club | Sandy or rocky areas. | Endemic to OK and TX, south onto COA. | |
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum simulans | Sichuan Pepper, Chinese Prickly-ash | Planted horticulturally, rarely persistent or weakly spreading from horticultural use. | Native of e. Asia. | |
Rutaceae | Zanthoxylum spinosum | Leathery Prickly-ash, Doctor’s-club, Biscayne Prickly-ash | Maritime hammocks. | S. FL (Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties); West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Cayman Islands). |
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