Aralia spinosa aka American Angelica Tree

Aralia spinosa, also known as devil's walking stick, is a woody plant native to eastern North America. It is a vigorous, upright, suckering, deciduous shrub or small tree with spiny stems that can grow up to 10-15 feet tall. The plant's various names refer to its sharp, spiny stems, petioles, and leaf midribs. It has pinnate leaves that are divided into numerous ovate, dark green leaflets, and conical panicles that bear umbels of white flowers in the summer, followed by spherical black fruit. Aralia spinosa is occasionally cultivated for its exotic, tropical appearance, having large lacy compound leaves. It is closely related to the Asian species Aralia elata, a more commonly cultivated species with which it is easily confused. Devil's walking stick is commonly found in wood margins, fields, pastures, forests, or natural areas at the edge of woods or along streams in moist woods. The plant has heavy flower and fruit sets, producing clusters of round, fleshy black drupes. Although sometimes confused with the unrelated Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, Aralia spinosa does not have the medicinal properties of the toothache tree.