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Aralia humilis

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Arizona Spikenard

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Least concernIUCN

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.143584

Element CodePDARA02030

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

IUCNLeast concern

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderApiales

FamilyAraliaceae

GenusAralia

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Review Date2001-03-21

Change Date1993-05-28

Edition Date2001-03-21

Edition AuthorsAnnable, C., 5/93; rev. B. MacBryde 3/2001.

Rank Reasons

Aralia humilis is in southern Arizona (and possibly in New Mexico) and at least in northwestern Mexico in Sonora and Chihuahua, where it occurs from 700-1800 meters in canyon bottoms, arroyos and on hill slopes.

Range Extent Comments

Possibly New Mexico; southern Arizona (Cochise, Santa Cruz and Pima counties), and at least northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

3500 to 5000 feet in Arizona, in canyons (Kearney and Peebles 1951).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Arizona	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)Yes

Roadless Areas (3)

Arizona (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Happy Valley	Coronado National Forest	7,972
Lower Rincon	Coronado National Forest	3,278
Middle Dragoon Roadless	Coronado National Forest	10,543

References (5)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2024. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 13. Magnoliophyta: Geraniaceae to Apiaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 566 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Kearney, T.H., R.H. Peebles, and collaborators. 1951. Arizona flora. 2nd edition with Supplement (1960) by J.T. Howell, E. McClintock, and collaborators. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1085 pp.
Martin, P.S., D. Yetman, M. Fishbein, P. Jenkins, T.R. Van Devender, and R.K. Wilson. 1998. Gentry's Rio Mayo plants; The tropical deciduous forest & environs of northwest Mexico. Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson. 558 pp. + map.