thorn bushes
Spiny wild hedges
Thorn bushes are shrubs or woody plants bearing sharp, pointed projections on their stems and branches.
The phrase is somewhat redundant since thorns typically grow on bushes, but it emphasizes the defensive or hazardous nature of the plants: We had to hack through thorn bushes to reach the clearing.
Common examples include roses, hawthorns, and brambles.
- bramblesThorny wild shrubs
- briarsThorny wild shrubs
- briar patchThorny shrub thicket
- hedgerowsRows of dense shrubs
- thicketDense shrub cluster
prickly · scratches · roses · wild roses · wild · tangled · impenetrable · berries · blackberry · hawthorn · spines · barbed · scrubland · nesting · birds · dense · overgrown · sharp
- KalahariKalahari Desert, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, gemsbok
- desert plantssaguaro, prickly pear, cholla, agave, barrel cactus
- dry woodlandsoak woodland, woodland, mallee, chaparral, maquis
cultivated vs. wild vegetation
thorn bushestopiary
Shaped shrub sculpture
formal gardens · boxwood · garden beds · ornamental shrubs · rose bushes
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