This native tree comes with its own defense system in very large thorns on the stems and trunk. Meet the honey locust. Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee explains that large, long yellow seed pods ...

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 ...

Gleditsia triacanthos | Family: Fabaceae Submission: Nathaniel Reed ‘20 Natural History: A tolerant, thorn-clad tree native to the central United States, honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a ...

My friends and I were often foolish fellows, but we were never so crazy as to attempt to climb a honey locust tree. Usually we attached a rope to a rock, tossed it over a limb and stripped off the ...

Purple Robe has rosy-pink flowers instead of white and is advertised as thornless, although thorns often appear as the trees mature. Pyramidalis (Fastigiata) is shaped as the name implies, like a ...

On a muggy August evening at Wizard’s Ranch preserve in York County, a lawyer, an insurance officer and a new grandma were among the trail-worker volunteers surrounded by thorny locust trees and ...

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 ...