Oplopanax horridus

Devil's club · Araliaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

AraliaceaeShrub

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Araliaceae

Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

North America

Environmental usesMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-9.67 – 10.17	-7.31 – 9.63
Temperature of the warmest month	12.53 – 31.03	14.65 – 29.89
Temperature of the coldest month	-30.21 – -1.89	-28.23 – -4.83
Annual precipitation	235.1 – 3570	317.76 – 1899.78
Precipitation seasonality	21.38 – 73.24	23.04 – 70.06

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	11.8 – 19.85	16.38 – 19.2
Clay	%	6.67 – 32.63	8.38 – 29.6
Coarse fragments	%	7.74 – 19.51	9.78 – 17
Total nitrogen	g/kg	1.87 – 4.44	2.12 – 3.63
pH	—	5.21 – 5.99	5.5 – 5.8
Sand	%	34.94 – 45.99	38.7 – 41
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	38.26 – 63.9	43.17 – 49.42

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.