Oplopanax horridus (Sm.) Miq.
devil's club (devilsclub)
Araliaceae (Ginseng family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
devil's club (devilsclub)
Araliaceae (Ginseng family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Tall, deciduous shrub; stems 1-3 m tall, punky, thick, strongly armed with yellow spines 5-10 mm long.
Leaves:
Palmately lobed, the leaf blades shallowly 7- to 9-lobed, 10-35 cm wide, heart-shaped at the base.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of small, headlike umbels in elongate panicles or racemes, up to 25 cm long; flowers greenish-white, short-stalked.
Fruits:
Bright red berries, 2-3 seeded, 5-8 mm wide.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Oplopanax horridus
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
758 | 0 | 2750 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
20 | 0 | 350 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
2 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
5365 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(26), CDF(2), CWH(1454), ESSF(497), ICH(2075), IDF(76), MH(42), MS(93), SBPS(1), SBS(883), SWB(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Wet to moist streambanks and forests in the lowland to subalpine zones; common throughout all but NE BC; N to SW AK and YT, E to AB and S to MT and OR; disjunct in ON and MI.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Echinopanax horridus (Sm.) Decne. & Planch. ex Harms
Fatsia horrida (Sm.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex W.H. Brewer & S. Watson