Index / Search / Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa
§1 Plant
Aralia racemosa L. ssp. racemosa
vernacular American spikenard — subspecies · 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
· 474 counties across 22 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 474 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- DeKalb 18033
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Hamilton 18057
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kentucky view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Floyd 21071
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Sullivan 47163
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Braxton 54007
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marshall 54051
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARRAR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3036958 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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