Honeylocust, Gleditsia triacanthos, is an abundant Bluegrass tree with stem thorns - the thornless ornamental is from wild trees found in Wisconsin. The species name triacanthos refers to the 3-branched young thorns. The legumes contain sweet gum, hence the name honeylocust (Thanks Questella).
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They are definitely one of the neatest trees around
Might go try and hug mine and see how that goes 😅🫶