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Can you please identify this tree, give any information and answer if it is invasive.
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Asked May 06, 2024, 11:28 AM EDT
Can you please identify this tree, give any information and answer if it is invasive.
Lapeer County Michigan
Expert Response
Hello Peggy,
The picture is of a Prickly Castor Oil Tree or Castor aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus). Read more here: https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=276598
It is an exotic plant but does not appear as invasive in any state. Read more here: https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=28071
Thank you for contacting Ask Extension.
