Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zanthoxylum
Species: Z. americanum
Identifying Characteristics:
- Shrub, thicket-forming
- Height: 15-20 ft tall
- Spread: 10-15 ft wide
- Paired prickles
- leaves: compound, with 5-11 toothed egg-shaped leaflets and often prickly leafstalks
- Flower: small, greenish, clustered
- Fruit: small, dry, reddish-brown, 1-2 seeded pods
Special Adaptations:
- Found in old fields, fertile woods, and riverbanks
- Leaves have a lemon-like odor
- Known as the toothache tree
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