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.

Q: Three years ago we bought a tree at a farmers market called a Devil’s Thorn Tree. It was about 2 feet tall and covered in thorns — the leaves, branches and bark all have thorns. It has ...

Attractive berries are the main feature of the Carolina buckthorn. If you want birds in your yard, this might be a good addition. Attractive berries are the main feature of the Carolina buckthorn.

The thorns on pyracantha make it a good shrub for bird nesting, as the armament deters cats and humans who might be intent on finding a way through the thicket of branches. But the shrub is out-done ...

Both berry types grow in North Central Alabama, but before adding a mulberry in lieu of a blackberry, consider a few characteristics of the Mulberry. ... Mulberry trees don't have thorns, ...

Yet elephants always seem to avoid one particular type of acacia tree called Acacia drepanolobium, also known as the whistling-thorn tree. What sets these acacias apart is the ants that inhabit them.

The Holy Thorn on Wearyall Hill was a famous landmark in Glastonbury, Somerset A tree grown from branches of the Holy Thorn, which was damaged by vandals, has been planted in Glastonbury. The new ...