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quercus phellos
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photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory
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Maclura pomifera has many names, including mock orange, hedge apple, hedge, horse apple, monkey ball, monkey brains and yellow-wood. The name bois d’arc (from French meaning “bow-wood”) has also been corrupted into bodark and bodock..– Wikipedia
We used to call them brain trees.
Horse high, bull strong, hog tight…