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Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Photo by Collier Kids
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Field Notes

Description:

Thorny trees that grow about 40 ft. tall.

Species ID Suggestions

Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

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Comments (5)
Collier Kids
Nope it's no in his head it's beside it. We were trying to show how big it was.
beallburton
Yep, not poisonous, in fact parts of it were eaten by native Americans.
Collier Kids
Well we thought it was poisonous because when my sister stepped on a thorn, the wound turned blue and hurt really bad.
Gordon Dietzman
Some think these huge thorns evolved to protect the tree from a big browser--mastodons. Mastodons no longer exist, of course, but I think of these thorns as a sign of those big browsers just as surely as seeing tracks pressed into the ground. And I think, that is very cool!
barbarossa
Not poisonous. Is that sticking out of his head?
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2012

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