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Vegetative

 62-Thorns

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The honey locust, Gleditsia triacanthos, produces impressive thorns: these are woody, sharp-pointed modified stems.

Thorns may be terminal on the stem or be borne in the axil of a leaf or leaf scar.

Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants growing wild at Robert Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois.
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