There are all types of trees that are native to North Texas. There are pecan, hackberry, cedar elm, and a variety of oaks. There are also trees that were introduced to North Texas like the Trees of Heaven that were introduced from China in the 1850's. They were planted at the Buckner Cemetery and in other places in North Texas. There are also bois d'arc trees. If you have ever had a bois d'arc limb slap you across the face, you will never forget it. The hardy bois d'arc wood was used by Indians to make their bows and arrows and by early settlers to make fence posts and house piers.
There are a number of bois d'arc trees on and around the grounds of Third Monday Trade Days in McKinney--so many, in fact, that the road leading to old Fort Buckner is named Bois D'Arc Road.
The female bois d'arc trees produce an inedible fruit, commonly known as horse apples. They develop during the summer and then fall from September through November. Some horse apples get to be 7 pounds or larger, and you can imagine the headache a falling horse apple could give you.