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Kentucky Color: A Walkingstick and a Walking Stick II By Billy Joe Fudge Devil's Walkingstick is a small, sapling sized deciduous tree which lives up to its horrible name! However, as with many torturous, dangerous plants, it has some positive attributes. It has a large, showy flower head nestled on top of the bipinnate or tripinnate, leaf-covered ends of main stems. It is truly unique in that it is considered to be one of only three or four tree species with tripinnate leaves. Additionally, these flowers produce black seeds that many birds enjoy. It is a pioneer species, which means it germinates on exposed mineral soil and thrives in both direct and filtered sunlight. This natural condition is often found at the forest edge or where openings are created in the woodland by dead or dying trees. Of course it gets its name, Devil's Walkingstick, because of its thorn covered stem. Anyone, including me, who has ever reached out to grab it to help stabilize their steps at forest's edge is immediately treated to unfathomable, stabbing pain. The stab wounds can often cause discomfort for several days due to inflammation. This story was posted on 2025-10-25 16:11:25
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