Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a deciduous and thorny legume tree that is aggressive and fast-growing. The tree’s bark is grayish-brown and furrowed with long, scaly ridges. Honey locusts ...

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: Our neighbor next door allows locust trees to grow wild in his one-acre backyard. The trees on his property have borers that often cause significant decline. The seeds are always falling into our ...

Dear Neil: 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) ...