Prickly Ash

Plants in a minimally disturbed area of an original native brush/small tree thicket covering a coastal hummock of silty clayish loam along shoreline of brackish Oso Creek. Fruit view

Plants in a minimally disturbed area of an original native brush/small tree thicket covering a coastal hummock of silty clayish loam along shoreline of brackish Oso Creek. Immature fruit green with conspicuous pellucid glands, ripening dark brown.

Plants in a minimally disturbed area of an original native brush/small tree thicket covering a coastal hummock of silty clayish loam along shoreline of brackish Oso Creek. Immature fruit green with conspicuous pellucid (translucent) glands, ripening dark brown.

Plants in a minimally disturbed area of an original native brush/small tree thicket covering a coastal hummock of silty clayish loam along shoreline of brackish Oso Creek. Note conspicuous pellucid (translucent) marginal glands on odd-pinnate compound leaves, citrusy aromatic but bitter tasting.

Plants in a minimally disturbed area of an original native brush/small tree thicket covering a coastal hummock of silty clayish loam along shoreline of brackish Oso Creek. Note conspicuous pellucid (translucent) marginal glands on citrusy aromatic but bitter tasting leaflets and winged rachis.

Plants in a minimally disturbed area of an original native brush/small tree thicket covering a coastal hummock of silty clayish loam along shoreline of brackish Oso Creek. Leaves odd-pinnate with winged rachis.