The bois d’arc is a tree with many names, including beau d’arc, Osage orange, horse apple, hedge apple and bodark. French explorers named the tree bois d’arc (wood of the bow) because the American ...
Dear Neil: I’ve just bought a piece of rural property where we would like to build a house. Our choice of locations has three big bois d’arc trees located in what would become our landscape. Should ...
SAN ANGELO — Wood from a Bois-D'arc tree that stood at the Tom Green County Courthouse for more than 135 years before being felled during a severe storm will have a second life. On Monday, May 20, ...
May is Native Plant Month in Arkansas, and that is all the excuse I need to celebrate the bois d'arc tree. No tree species has a more interesting history than the bois d'arc (pronounced bo-dark), and ...
SCHULTER -- Inside every bois d'arc tree, a longbow is waiting to emerge. Knowing how to craft one is easy compared with coaxing the bow out of the tree, says Mike Berryhill, a Muscogee (Creek) Indian ...
May is Native Plant Month in Arkansas, and that is all the excuse I need to celebrate the bois d'arc tree. No tree species has a more interesting history than the bois d'arc (pronounced bo-dark), and ...
LITTLE ROCK — Every morning as I drive onto the University of Arkansas’ campus I pass by a nice stand of bois d’arc trees. Situated on a hill between the student union and the stadium, the trees have ...