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 ...
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 ...
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Along rivers, the Osage orange — also known as hedge apple, bois d’arc, bodark, bodock, or bow-wood — flourishes. The trees are known for their thorns and large green fruit, which ...