Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera)

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Category:	Large shrub/small tree
Class:	Perennial
Bark:	Furrowed, orange-brown bark that peels into shaggy strips
Form:	Broad, rounded, or irregular crown
Fruit:	Distinctive, roughly spherical fruit that is 3 - 6" in diameter, resembling an immature orange but with a bumpy surface. The fruit is green and exudes a sticky white latex when cut. It is generally inedible to humans
Foliage:	Features spiny twigs, orange-brown bark, and shiny dark green leaves that turn yellow in the fall
Height:	30 ft. - 50 ft.
Native Range:	South-central United States
Other Information:	Early American settlers commonly planted Osage Orange as hedgerows with thorny branches to form impenetrable living fences before barbed wire became widespread
Photographer:	William Khoury
Latitude / Longitude:	(32.48744254°N, -83.92417733°W)
Bed(s):	TREES - 2 Plant;