Hercules Club Tree Information

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Hercules Club grows in the following 31 states and provinces:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin

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The Aralia Spinosa is commonly known as the Angelica Tree, Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules Club, Pick Tree, Prickly Ash, Prickly Elder, Shotbush as well as Toothache Tree.

The accepted scientific name of Devil's walking stick is Aralia spinosa L. There are no named varieties .

Devil's walking stick is found naturally occurring in eastern North America from New York and Pennsylvania south to Florida and west to southwestern Iowa and western Texas.  It has escaped from cultivation in New England to southern Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington, and western Europe .

Some of the information provided here is attributed to:Sullivan, Janet. 1992. Aralia spinosa. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). , available at the USDA Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) website