Scientific Name:	Aralia elata
Pronunciation:	uh-RAY-lee-uh ih-LAY-tuh
Common Name:	Japanese angelica tree
Family Name:	Araliaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves bipinnately compound, large (about 90 cm long), odd-pinnate, pinnae broadly ovate to elliptic, up to 7 cm wide x 10 cm long; bark with 5 mm long randomly arranged thorn-like prickles.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Spreading, Upright Form: Vase Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 7 - 10m Spread: 7 - 10m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Sheltered Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Specimen plant, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Prickly Surfaces: Compound Leaf: Bipinnate Colour in Fall: Yellow, Orange, Purple Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Ovate Apices: Caudate Bases: Rounded Margins: Serrulate

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Panicle-like, Umbel Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Green Flower Time at Peak: Aug, Sep

Fruit Type: Drupe Fruit Colour: Black Fruiting Time: Oct, Nov

Bark Morphology: Multi-stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Dark Grey Additional Info: Prickles     Leaf Scar Shape: Crescent shaped Organ Modifications: Prickles, Stipule, pointy spines

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Pest Susceptibility:	Aphids or adelgids, Bacterial leaf spot, Mites, ( Deer resistant )

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZS) GAZebo South : q.1 Location Map

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