PRICKLY pear cactus
Apparently the wild pear tree or common pear has wicked thorns at the end of new branch shoots.
I purchased and planted the tree 04/10. At that time I was not aware of any thorns. The tree now (08/10) has 2 more branches growing from the base of the trunk and they both have thorns.
Might be the honey locust tree. We have them all over here in WV.
Cut the tree down to 6 inches and then multiple shoots will emerge from the roots
Honey locust or thorny locust, depending on the number of thorns. The thorny locust has thorns covering the trunk, while the honey locust has fewer thorns. They have small, multiple oval leaves off each leave branch.
There are no apple trees that have thorns. There is a tree called the Hawthorn Thornapple tree that has thorns as its name suggests.
Most fruit trees have thorns they must be planted from the fruit itself because the trees you purchase at a nursary are bred to not have thorns. the tree uses its thorns to protect its fruit from other animals. the only wild fruit tree that does not have thorns is the fig tree.
A baobab is a tree, Latin name Adansonia digitala, which is native to tropical Africa and has a broad swollen trunk and edible gourd-like hanging fruits.
I have a mature tree with thorns over 3" long.
Well, depending on the kind of lemon tree. Most do have thorns, but the thorns usually decrease as the tree gets older.
Bark covers a tree trunk.
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