Devils-Walkingstick  Aralia spinosa
aka: Devil's Club, Prickley Ash, Hercules-Club

Devil's-Walkingstick - Large compound leaves on a Devils-Walkingstick - photo by Ed Frank

Devils-Walkingstick- details of individual leaflets- photo by Ed Frank

Devils-Walkingstick - details of leaf arrangement - photo by Ed Frank

Devils-Walkingstick stem, note the circles of thorns around the stem - photo by Ed Frank

Small Devils-Walkingstick growing on an old pine stump - photo by Ed Frank

Devil's Walkingstick buds - Cook Forest State Park, August 10, 2004 - photo by Ed Frank

Devil's Walkingstick flowers - Cook Forest State Park, August 10, 2004 - photo by Ed Frank

Devil's Walking Stick - Arilia spinosa http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/5893517c1fdb2689?hl=en March 19. 2009

Aralia elata http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/50afc38e410e28d2?hl=en March 23, 2009