Index / Search / Aralia hispida
§1 Plant
Aralia hispida Vent.
vernacular bristly sarsaparilla — species · Araliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Araliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Aralia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 280 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 280 counties across 18 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Muskegon 26121
- Oceana 26127
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Roscommon 26143
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Yates 36123
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Richland 55103
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Waupaca 55135
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARHI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3037033 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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