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.

Black locust trees might not be the most obvious invaders in your yard, but their stealthy nature makes them worth identifying. A native of the Appalachian and Ozark regions, black locusts have ...

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 ...

Legend has it that the community was named for a group of locust trees growing outside the home of William Carroll, an early resident. “Locust Grove actually got its name from a grove of ...

Q: This past spring, I had a honey locust tree cut down and the trunk ground up, hoping to grow grass in the space. However, during this hot, humid summer, hundreds of little trees have sprouted ...

When we asked what type of tree it is, we were told it’s a locust. It’s just that we think locust trees have purple blooms. Could this tree be a locust, even though it’s blooming white flowers?

Honey locust thorns are often stacked upon each other on both branches and trunks of the species, grow to several inches long and appear quite intimidating. Pods of black locust are 2 to 4 inches ...

1 of 5 — 20220118_Susan_White_Thorn_Art_00001.JPG Sculptor Susan White creates large works of art using thousands of thorns from the honey locust tree. She finds inspiration in the beauty of ...

Honey locust and black locust trees have large, beastly thorns that can be seen in winter. Lastly, you can also search the ground below the tree for last year’s clues — nuts and downed leaves.

This tree, also called “thorn-tree,” has multi-pronged thorns of two inches or more in length, which occur on the trunk as well as on the limbs and twigs. Honey locust can be found with doubly ...

You may also see it referenced in name as honey locust, honey-locust, honey-shucks locust, sweet locust, thorn tree, and a few others. Honeylocust is widely planted as a hardy and fast-growing ...