Ken

 

 Those trees back home were probably Hawthorne trees.

 

Jim

 

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Ken,

Of the 23 species they list as having common names of ironwood, none have thorns.  I will think more on the possible origins of your briar patch.

Brare Leland

 

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Leland Torrence wrote:

Ruth and Ken,

I checked with the WoodExplorer developed at UVM and the tree I am thinking of is known as Eastern Hophornbeam, known as Hornbeam and Ironwood.  It is used for many things like pegs, but also for machine parts.  It grows as far north as Canada, can get as tall as 40 to 50 feet and has a max diameter of about 15 inches. 

Leland,

Hop hornbeam sounds kinda right... can you see if younger versions that don't get past the 10-15' growth have long thorns. I am curious if it was because they felt repressed by the canopy of the surrounding trees and were fighting back to claim their territory.

thnx,
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