Saw about 50 mature trees........Osage Oranges at Pine Lake Elementary School in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
These softball sized fruits, trees are indigenous to the Red River Valley in South Central Oklahoma. The wood is one of the densest in North America!
Also called "Bodark tree" is a slurring of the French “bois d’arc,†meaning “wood of the bowâ€â€”a reference to the Osage Indians.
There must have been an farm on the old school property as Osage Orange was planted in fence rows because they are naturally thorny, and live stock will stay clear of them. The row of trees is about 400 feet long evenly spaced about 4 feet. Trees were huge......
Pretty cool to see here in the Detroit area!
These softball sized fruits, trees are indigenous to the Red River Valley in South Central Oklahoma. The wood is one of the densest in North America!
Also called "Bodark tree" is a slurring of the French “bois d’arc,†meaning “wood of the bowâ€â€”a reference to the Osage Indians.
There must have been an farm on the old school property as Osage Orange was planted in fence rows because they are naturally thorny, and live stock will stay clear of them. The row of trees is about 400 feet long evenly spaced about 4 feet. Trees were huge......
Pretty cool to see here in the Detroit area!