Every freaking plant has thorns!
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Ouch. I hope you had thick soles.
When I lived in the desert, I had to watch out for goatheads. The spines were long enough to go through my flip-flops.
Stupid Internet!
Try this.
3/4-inch spine! :eek: That has the goathead beaten. (But the goatheads like to hide where you’re sure to step on them.)
goatheards …foxtails … … bamboo that wasn’t cut down all the way so it leaves small pointy sticks in the ground …
No mosquitoes. It’s a fair trade.
Black widows.
ehh we get them but not for long …we had a rainy winter and its not boiling hot yet so they’re here but hopefully not for long
that pic looks like a cut-down rosebush tho …
oh and tarantulas … scorpions, spiny cactus… Joshua trees …not to mention poisonous reptiles … it can be mini Australia here sometimes …
No, I think it’s from an Ocotillo.
Those aren’t even fair. They look like they were designed purely to sit on the floor, spikes up.
Anyway, I’m from the UK and we’ve got…errrr…errrr…nettles? they are a bit tingly?
OK, I got nothing.
Ah, goats heads - nature’s caltrops!
‘Tribulus terrestris…is an annual plant in the caltrop family…’
ok yeah ive seen those out in the boonies … aka 30 ft from town lol
Dogs that live in the desert have to learn real quick to avoid those spiky plants. I’ve witnessed two separate incidents at Joshua Tree’s Cholla Garden where people let their dog out of the car without a leash. The result was not a happy one for the poor pooches.
I got some glochids in my lower leg once—there’s still a pronounced red spot there after 20 years.
Came here specifically to mention the Cholla. Evil even by cactus standards.
This, we had a nest in the corner of our garage:eek:
I present to you the honey locust, one reason why my swampy childhood home should never be anyone’s stomping grounds. The thorns grow in clusters all over the tree’s trunk and branches and may reach as much as 8 inches long (though they tend to split into barbs before they get much over 4 inches). The mature thorns can puncture a tire (to say nothing of a shoe and foot).
When clusters break off, there’s a fair chance they’ll do the caltrop thing, especially if they land in leaf litter, but it’s not as likely as with some of the other examples here.