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Juan Ant. Espinosa:
https://www.arbolappcanarias.es/en/species/info/gleditsia-triacanthos/
https://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=30
To me, it seems Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust). Thorns can have be removed from the trunc or something.
BryanR:
It’s an ornamental, or cultivated, honey locust.
Wikipedia - “It’s cultivars are popular ornamental plants, especially in the northern plains of North America where few other trees can survive and prosper. It tolerates urban conditions, compacted soil, road salt, alkaline soil, heat, and drought. The popularity is in part due to the fact that it transplants so easily. Many cultivated varieties do not have thorns.”
I had one in my yard that I just took down because the trunk was splitting. All my research said it was not good at making bows. Too brittle.
Pat B:
I agree with Bryan, it's a thornless honey locust. A cultivar used in landscapes. Black locusts have small thorns on the smaller branches and deeply furrowed bark.
Muskyman:
I saw something about the thornless honey locust. This tree is in a very wooded area along side the road. No houses near it. It’s weird but, it’s basically in the middle of nowhere, as far as an ornamental tree would go. Oh well, I didn’t really think it was black locust when the guy from the power company told me it was. Firewood it is.
hammerstone:
I'm saying honey locust. I'm eyeing a freshly uprooted honey locust that has a forked trunk.
One side is hollow and has absolutely no thorns . The other trunk is loaded with them.
I see many examples of thornless in my area.
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