Need help ID thorny tree

kiwi_tree_steve · 6th August 2009, 03:46 PM

Robinia psudoaciaca maby, honey locust is common name.

Steve Tipton · 6th August 2009, 11:43 PM

I agree.

Treeson · 7th August 2009, 05:21 PM

Steve's on the ball!
Robinia pseudocacia.
timber can be brittle and can be a nuisance when pruning as branch unions can be weak and prone to snapping.

kiwi_tree_steve · 8th August 2009, 09:16 PM

thanks treeson i do try.... but i rekon all kiwi arborists know and HATE this one with a vengeance!!!
those ma f@#$# are gota be the vain of our lives!

Treeson · 14th August 2009, 04:34 PM

sure glad there's not too many of them this way (North Shore). Felled a leyland cypress on a job once in Dunedin and a twig collected a limb of a robinia and snapped the whole limb off.

grow like weeds too!

kiwi_tree_steve · 14th August 2009, 05:38 PM

Yeah i hate them so bad, ive still got a piece of a thorn in my thumb from clearing 10 or so trees re - grown from stumps, about 8 weeks ago.

6th August 2009, 01:58 PM	#1
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6th August 2009, 03:46 PM	#2
kiwi_tree_steve Mature tree Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 325	Re: Need help ID thorny tree Robinia psudoaciaca maby, honey locust is common name. __________________ "You have to feel and touch a tree" Shigo

6th August 2009, 11:43 PM	#3
Steve Tipton Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 823	Re: Need help ID thorny tree I agree. __________________ Heightmaster

7th August 2009, 05:21 PM	#4
Treeson Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 177	Re: Need help ID thorny tree Steve's on the ball! Robinia pseudocacia. timber can be brittle and can be a nuisance when pruning as branch unions can be weak and prone to snapping.

8th August 2009, 09:16 PM	#5
kiwi_tree_steve Mature tree Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 325	Re: Need help ID thorny tree thanks treeson i do try.... but i rekon all kiwi arborists know and HATE this one with a vengeance!!! those ma f@#$# are gota be the vain of our lives! __________________ "You have to feel and touch a tree" Shigo

14th August 2009, 04:34 PM	#6
Treeson Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 177	Re: Need help ID thorny tree sure glad there's not too many of them this way (North Shore). Felled a leyland cypress on a job once in Dunedin and a twig collected a limb of a robinia and snapped the whole limb off. grow like weeds too!

14th August 2009, 05:38 PM	#7
kiwi_tree_steve Mature tree Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: BC. Canada Posts: 325	Re: Need help ID thorny tree Yeah i hate them so bad, ive still got a piece of a thorn in my thumb from clearing 10 or so trees re - grown from stumps, about 8 weeks ago. __________________ "You have to feel and touch a tree" Shigo

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