Common Pricklyash

Zanthoxylum americanum Mill. - Rue family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 25.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Green

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Common Pricklyash: Agonopterix nigrinotella, Dichomeris citrifoliella, Hyphantria cunae, Papilio cresphontes, Papilio glaucus glaucus, Papilio troilus

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • MEX:  Mexico Northeast
  • CAN:  Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.