My photo in this thread speaks for itself.
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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.
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.
Poison Ivy or Oak... we have the thorny trees/bushes too but ill take a few pokes over itching rash anyyyyyyyday!
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!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.
where you been? We still don't have plants growing really..