{"id":2719,"date":"2011-08-01T16:18:47","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T23:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/?p=2719"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:35:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:35:18","slug":"oplopanaxhorridus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/oplopanaxhorridus\/","title":{"rendered":"Oplopanax horridus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6251\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/opl-hor-lf-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/opl-hor-lf-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/opl-hor-lf-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/opl-hor-lf-1-416x312.jpg 416w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/opl-hor-lf-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> A brutally spiny plant,\u00a0<em>Oplopanax horridus<\/em> has been widely regarded as one of the most important plants, medicinally and spiritually, for the indigenous groups in its native range.\u00a0 For more extensive information regarding it&#8217;s ethnobotanical values, there is a great publication at <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.herbalgram.org\/herbalgram\/issue62\/article2697.html\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\">HerbalGram<\/a>, through the American Botanical Society. \u00a0It&#8217;s common name, devil&#8217;s club, is most likely related to the fact that this plant was used in a spiritual sense.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5382\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-ste-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-ste-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-ste-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-ste.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0Because <em>Oplopanax<\/em> is closely related to the genus <em>Panax<\/em>, ginseng, it has been overharvested in some areas, reducing the species population size.\u00a0 <em>Oplopanax horridus<\/em> takes many years to reach the age of maturity and reproduce via seeds, therefore large groups of this plant are hard to come by, and should be appreciated when they\u00a0are.<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5380\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-fru-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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Ontario, Canada, and a few islands in Lake Superior.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our current availability of <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/availability\/container-availability\/?pavail=Oplopanax+horridus\" target=\"_&quot;blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener\">Oplopanax horridus<\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5379\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-brk-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-brk-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-brk-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/opl-hor-brk.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brutally spiny plant,\u00a0Oplopanax 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