Most hated plant in your area for disc golf?

[tampora]

My photo in this thread speaks for itself.

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73369

 

[eegor]

The Honey Locust tree is native to eastern North America, and can be seen from southern South Dakota to New Orleans and central Texas. A truly fascinating tree, the Honey Locust features 3-4 inch long thorns that can cause serious lacerations, if you're not careful. They grow on the trunk and lower branches, which probably means they evolved as a defense mechanism against animals that fed on its bark.

The thorns of the Honey Locust are often to blame for foot injuries, as they tend to go right through soft sole shoes and into the foot. Also, if you drive past one of these trees, you have the chance of getting flat tires very often. Some even claim to have seen large birds impaled by the thorns of a Honey Locust tree. -- quoted from the site I linked the picture from.

Foot injuries and thorns through the flight plate or into the wing of my discs are the most common issues I have with it.

I'm not allergic to poison ivy.

 

[tampora]

I'd climb that...

 

[Captain Bad]

Poison ivy for sure. Honeysuckle and thorn bushes (of whatever variety) are a PITA too, but I can deal with a few scratches here and there. Poison ivy makes me want to wear pants in 95-degree weather just to keep the stuff off of me.

 

[Menacewarf]

The Honey Locust tree is native to eastern North America, and can be seen from southern South Dakota to New Orleans and central Texas. A truly fascinating tree, the Honey Locust features 3-4 inch long thorns that can cause serious lacerations, if you're not careful. They grow on the trunk and lower branches, which probably means they evolved as a defense mechanism against animals that fed on its bark.

The thorns of the Honey Locust are often to blame for foot injuries, as they tend to go right through soft sole shoes and into the foot. Also, if you drive past one of these trees, you have the chance of getting flat tires very often. Some even claim to have seen large birds impaled by the thorns of a Honey Locust tree. -- quoted from the site I linked the picture from.

Foot injuries and thorns through the flight plate or into the wing of my discs are the most common issues I have with it.

I'm not allergic to poison ivy.

One cool thing about trees like this is the Northern Shrike will catch prey and impale the prey on such big thorns as a hunting strategy.

 

[jeffmonty]

Since no one has mentioned it, up here in the Pac NW, i'll say holly. That stuff is NASTY if you have to back into it to play your lie. Luckily, there's not much of it on the course.
In Colorado, it might be the Russian olive trees. Hate those.

 

[TheWCG]

Around chicagoland the only real problem is poison ivy. I currently have some on my left leg and right arm, and it sucks. Takes me a month to push that crap out of my skin.

On the bright side, that means that thorns, giant hogweed, and cacti aren't a concern.

where you been? We still don't have plants growing really..

 

[BogeyNoMore]

Poison Ivy or Oak... we have the thorny trees/bushes too but ill take a few pokes over itching rash anyyyyyyyday!

^this.

One cool thing about trees like this is the Northern Shrike will catch prey and impale the prey on such big thorns as a hunting strategy.

Believe it or not, I learned this fact watching the movie The Great Escape: Donald Pleasence's character, Colin Blythe "The Forger" mentions it. Wonderful movie!

 

[thrembo]

 

[Grungedude42]

Honey locust eats discs, poison ivy really burns my... ankles.

 

[DavidSauls]

At Stoney Hill we offer a variety of thorns for you to sample---blackberries, greenbriar (smilax), wild roses, holly leaves, and thistles. Though most people remember the blackberries, the greenbriars may be the worst because the vines wrap around your leg, and the thorns don't break off but rip you open as you stumble through them.

In the separate world of course construction it's vines, not briars, that we curse. A small clearing project, tied together with vines, becomes a nightmare.

 

[BogeyNoMore]

In So Fla, I've herad these referred to as both Washingtonian Palms and Mexican Fan Palms.
They're nastier than you'd think from just looking at the pix. They have thousands of small, tough, nasty @$$ teeth on the edges of the palm branches - they can mess you up, and I can see how they'd put a nasty gouge in your plastic.

I happen to think they're fugly - but some people pay good $$$ to use them in landscaping. :\

 

[elnino]

worst couple for me

poison ivy VINES

japanese silt grass...stuff eats discs! invasive species that really is fast growing....couple feet in 10days.

as a bowl turner i would love some holly, honey locust, or bois darc(osage orange for me)

 

[Dan Ensor]

 

[Dan Ensor]

Honey Locust, deflator of tires.

 

[kutz167]

Since I do not react to poison ivy (knock on wood) I would have to say it is the pokey plants.

Funny Story:
I personally thought it was hilarious when I was at an Ace Race in Illinois last year and a number of people, including me, overshot the basket by a bit and ended up in a very large patch of poison ivy. I was wearing shorts and a tee-shirt and just walked right in like there was nothing there and didn't even get a tiny bit itchy from it. The guys I was with were looking at me like I was some kind of idiot lol.

 

[jenb]

Mesquite trees.

Still can't believe we can't take relief from this @#$%T^

 

[MattyIce]

Poison Ivy and Mesquite, there are literally trees of Ivy at my home course

 

[BogeyNoMore]

I've seen my share of thorny rough, but Honey Locust and Mesquite look more like booby traps than hazards!

Those aren't thorns, they're spikes.
Do you measure those in pennyweights like nails?

 

[notapro]

where you been? We still don't have plants growing really..

Deepest darkest parts of Southeast Iowa.