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Common Name(s):
Honey Locust, Honey Shuck, Locust,Honey
Species:
Gleditsia triacanthos
Synonyms:
Family:
Fabaceae
Longevity:
Perennial
Origin:
Native
Height:
30 m
Flowers:
April
Fruits:
Fall
Description:
A medium sized tree with an irregular, spreading crown. Trunk and branches extremely thorny. Thorns are very rigid, sharp and can be solitary or branched into three. Can grow in a variety of sites but prefers rich moist soil. Pods are eaten by livestock, white-tailed deer and some other mammals. It is also browsed by white-tailed deer in the fall and winter. Honey locust is a legume, and the honey-like substance in the young pods can be eaten by humans.
bark w/thorns
bi-pinnately compound leaf
fruits
thorns
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