Saw this on one of my recent walks around my neighborhood (IL), looks like red thorns growing out of a tree. What’s happening here??

by Clear-Presence-485

7 Comments

  1. prechaman

    Gleditsia triacanthos.
    Most nurseries will carry a thornless variety (Gleditdia triacanthos inermis) if you like the look of the canopy but don’t want the eye-gouging spikes.

  2. Responsible_Ear_6005

    My grandpa had one and they hurt you

  3. Cornflake294

    As others have said – honey locust. They developed those thorns hundreds of thousands of years ago as a defense against megafauna like mammoth, woolly rhino, giant sloth etc.

  4. jennyb33

    At first I thought someone was being artistic with the face and some hairy armpits 🤣

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