Q: What kind of tree has these giant thorns (see picture)? One person told me locust and another said that’s not it. Can one trim them off with a chainsaw? A: This tree trunk is a honey locust ...

If plants were capable of expressing emotions similar to humans, area mesquite trees might literally turn green with envy and become jealous of another area leguminous tree species. This inhabitant of ...

There are several kinds of trees in the Skiatook area that have thorns. This note describes four of them. Black locust, Callery pear, chittamwood and Osage orange. The thorns of black locust are small ...

Q: Attached are two photos of a thorn tree I came across while cutting firewood. I've never seen anything like it – thorns encircling the entire trunk, and huge thorns (5 to 6 inches long) at that.

Black locust trees are captivating in mid-May when their large, fragrant white blossoms open and make the medium to large trees suddenly apparent along the edges of wooded areas and in small groves.

After their petite leaflets drop like golden confetti each fall, honey locust trees hold on to dangling, twisty, brown seedpods. Native to the Midwest, the honey locust is a widely planted ornamental ...