genus
Prickly-ashes
Zanthoxylum
Field notes
Zanthoxylum is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and climbers in the family Rutaceae that are native to warm temperate and subtropical areas worldwide. It is the type genus of the tribe Zanthoxyleae in the subfamily Rutoideae. Several of the species have yellow heartwood, to which their generic name alludes. Several species are cultivated for their use as spices, notably including Sichuan pepper.
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- Hercules' Club native
- Northern Prickly Ash native
- Lime Prickly-ash native
- Limestone Prickly Ash native
- Shiny-leaved Prickly Ash present
- Small Knobwood
- Japanese Prickly Ash present
- Orange Climber present
- Zanthoxylum beecheyanum
- Zanthoxylum scandens present
- Chinese Wingleaf Prickly Ash
- Mastic-leaf Prickly Ash
- Japanese Pepper
- White Pricklyash
- Winged Prickly Ash
- Sichuan Pepper introduced
- Dotted Pricklyash
- Zanthoxylum arborescens
- West Indian Satinwood native
- Yellow Prickle
- Prickly Yellow
- Biscayne Prickly-ash
- Kawa'u native
- Kauaʻi Pricklyash native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native prickly-ashes All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Lime Prickly-ash
Zanthoxylum fagara
caterpillars
8
food
9
flowers
8
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Northern Prickly Ash
Zanthoxylum americanum
caterpillars
7
food
3
flowers
51
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Hercules' Club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
caterpillars
5
flowers
3
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Limestone Prickly Ash
Zanthoxylum hirsutum
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
2
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West Indian Satinwood
Zanthoxylum flavum
caterpillars
3
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Kawa'u
Zanthoxylum dipetalum
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Kauaʻi Pricklyash
Zanthoxylum kauaense
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Hawai'i Prickly-Ash
Zanthoxylum hawaiiense
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Oahu Prickly-ash
Zanthoxylum oahuense