Flower: yellow and red spotted white flowers in large clusters that bloom in May.
Fruit: strongly thorny husks that are poisonous- bloom in September - October
Twig: light brown, hairless, at the end is large blackish sticky bud
Bark: gray and brown, thin, smooth, becoming scaly
Form: tree
Nuts are poisonous. Planted in parks and gardens. A shade and street tree in rich moist soils. Turks used the seeds to concoct a remedy given to horses suffering from cough.
Native of Southern Europe (Greece and Albania). Planted in Central and Eastern Canada and U.S.
Backyard of 109 S. Franklin. This tree can be viewed from soccer field of Meissner Elementary, Bunker Hill, IL.
© Community Unit School District #8, Bunker Hill, 504 E. Warren, Bunker Hill, IL 62014
References:
Petrides, George A. A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs: Northeastern and north-central United States and southeastern and south-central Canada. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986.