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The red fruit are oily and have a strong orange/citrus odor.
Sharp triangular thorns.
Answer: Prickly Ash ~ Zanthoxylum americanum
Compound leaves. Bright yellow to orange fall color.
This is a small tree/large shrub that is an early successional species, occuring in edges of woodlands and fields, and old pastures.
It can reach heights of about 20 feet, but more often 12 feet in our area. You will find this tree in suckering colonies.
The red fruit are oily and have a strong orange/citrus odor.
Sharp triangular thorns.
Compound leaves. Bright yellow to orange fall color.
This is a small tree/large shrub that is an early successional species, occuring in edges of woodlands and fields, and old pastures.
It can reach heights of about 20 feet, but more often 12 feet in our area. You will find this tree in suckering colonies.
