Aralia elata

• BOTANICAL NAME: Aralia elata
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• COMMON NAME: Japanese Aralia
• FAMILY: Araliaceae
• NATIVITY: Japan, Korea, Manchuria, and Russia fa east.
• GROWTH HABIT: 20 to 30' tall.
• HARDINESS: USDA Zones (3)4 to 9.
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS: Sun to light shade. Prefers acid, well-drained soils and is tolerant of drought.
• LANDSCAPE VALUE: Good tree for small residential lots. Street tree. Deserves more use.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, bipinnately compound leaf, 16-32” long, up to 40” long, ovate  or elliptic ovate  to narrow-ovate shaped foliage,2 to 5" acuminate apex, margins serrate with broad teeth.
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