I had a small tree (as in 2 inch diameter) come down during the winter, and have never seen one like it before. The bark has tiny black thorns all over it. Really tiny, but sharp, and they hurt. Any idea what it would be? I don't have a picture.
Very small thorns on bark
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I have no clue...just throwing this out.
Maybe Devils Walking Stick?
Theres another one too....umm....cant think of it.
Maybe Devils Walking Stick?
Theres another one too....umm....cant think of it.
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I think Devil's Club (aralia spinosa) sounds like the best guess. They never get very large in diameter.
Not that tree. A) I would have noticed that. and B) the thorns are way more numerous, much tinier, and black. They literally cover the bark. I have already cut up the tree, but I'll try to get a picture after the rain stops, if I can easily find a piece.
Thanks.
Thanks.
I looked them up. Hercules Club tree ( Xanthoxylum clava-herculis L.) and Devils walkingstick. Aralia spinosa.
Ones range is Gulf of mexico. Florida to Texas. And the other is lower eastern states.
Nothing for Canada.
I did see one association to Prickly Ash. But that was Southern Prickly Ash.
There might be other trees besides Locust that has spines on the trunk.
I looked this up for my own clarity and just thought Id share here. Doesnt help an ID from Canada.
Ones range is Gulf of mexico. Florida to Texas. And the other is lower eastern states.
Nothing for Canada.
I did see one association to Prickly Ash. But that was Southern Prickly Ash.
There might be other trees besides Locust that has spines on the trunk.
I looked this up for my own clarity and just thought Id share here. Doesnt help an ID from Canada.
Definitely not gooseberry, and is a tree. not a shrub. I'll check honey locust, thought locust had bigger thorns.
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Had my tree experts, Woodland Dynamics, here for another reason yesterday. They didn't know what it was....
Maybe you are the first discoverer. Wouldnt it be neat to have a tree named after you?
Thornus Rideausus?
Thornus Rideausus?
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This is like touring the Louvre on radio.
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