The Devil's Walking Stick (Aralia spinosa), a plant known for its gnarly thorns and having the largest leaves of any plant in North America... up to 4 feet long! This video was taken to demonstrate the flurry of activity by polinators on this plant's flowers. Honeybees, bumblebees, and butterflies are common, but I also routinely see wasps that I don't see anywhere else. Despite the abundant thorns and weedy nature of the plant, this is an excellent plant for wildlife. It also has an attractive appearance with a palm tree like habit. It is also extremely fast growing if given abundant sun, this particular specimen grew 4.5 feet in one year. The specimens planted in my yard are 3 years old (rescued from a construction site) and the flowers were about 12 feet from the ground. This is a single leaf (note that it is double and triple compound): forestry.sfasu.edu More Info: www.duke.edu en.wikipedia.org Video taken August 2011 in Newport News, Virginia.
Tags: Devil's Walking Stick, Devil's Walkingstick, Angelica-tree, Hercules' Club, Prickly Ash, Prickly Elder, Aralia spinosa, plant, flower
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