This week in Missouri’s woods, a native, thorny, locust tree displays clusters of fragrant white flowers. The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) grows in dry or rocky upland woods, along streams, and ...

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 ...

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: 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Black locust trees bloom in May and June, emitting a fragrant aroma and signaling seasonal changes. Often considered a nuisance species, black locusts play an important role in colonizing disturbed ...