Category Archives: Trees

Trees that are native to Arkansas

Meet the Tree: Toothache Tree

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

Toothache tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, is surely one of Arkansas’ most intriguing native plants. If you haven’t been introduced, chew on a twig or a piece of bark for a few minutes and feel your mouth and tongue start to tickle … Continue reading →

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Neat Plant Alert – Kentucky Coffee-Tree Near Little Rock Capitol

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

By Eric Sundell About a dozen Kentucky coffee-trees encircle the Arkansas Supreme Court Building on the south side of the Capitol grounds off 7th Street in Little Rock. Gymnocladus dioicus is an Arkansas native, but not an easy one to … Continue reading →

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