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Common Name(s): Honey Locust, Honey Shuck, Locust,Honey
Species: Gleditsia triacanthos
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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.
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