Gleditsia triacanthos
General Information
Group: Dicot
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae/Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus: Gleditsia – Locust
Species: Triacanthos – Honeylocust
Native Range
Southeast USA, west through central Texas, north through Pennsylvania
Additional Information
- Feathery leaves provide filtered shade
- Yellow in the fall
- Most wild trees have long thorns, non-thorny varieties have been selectively bred for domestic use
- Attract wildlife and pollinating insects
- Wood is dense and easy to work with – good for timber
- Long, dark, twisted seed pods appear in late summer, distributed by the animals that consume them
Location at Albuquerque Academy
Western edge of DOT Garden
Sources and More Information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_locust
https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=GLTR
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GLTR
https://plants.usda.gov/DocumentLibrary/factsheet/pdf/fs_gltr.pdf
