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Gleditsia triacanthos (honeylocusts; honeylocust; honey-locust; common honeylocust; Honey-chuck; Honey Locust; Sweet Locust; Three-thorned Acacia; Acacia De Tres Puas; Acacia Negra; Algarroba Turca; Common Honey-Locust)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) also known as the thorny locust, is a deciduous tree in the Fabaceae family, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys ranging from southeastern South Dakota to New Orleans and central Texas, and as far east as eastern Massachusetts. The species has become a significant invasive weed in other regions of the world.
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Infraspecies

Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis
Gleditsia triacanthos f. triacanthos

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  None
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Medium
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Moderate
Shade Percentage [1]  67 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Low
Bloom Period [2]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  5 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Hazards [3]  The plant contains potentially toxic compounds;
Janka Hardness [4]  1580 lbf (717 kgf) Medium
Leaf Type [3]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  4.002 feet (122 cm)
Scent [3]  The flowers have a pleasing scent.
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Seeds Per [2]  2800 / lb (6173 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Rounded
Specific Gravity [5]  0.65
Structure [3]  Tree
Usage [3]  Planted for land reclamation on mining waste; The gum from the seeds has been suggested as an emulsifying substitute for acacia and tragacanth; The heartwood contains 4 - 4.8% tannin; Wood - strong, coarse-grained, elastic, very hard, very durable in contact with the soil, highly shock resistant; It does not shrink much but splits rather easily and does not glue well; It weighs 42lb per cubic foot; Largely used for making fence posts and rails, wheel hubs, farm implements etc and in construction;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Green
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  66 feet (20 m)
Width [3]  49 feet (15 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  Moderate to Low
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Providers

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Agrilus difficilis (Honeylocust Agrilus)[7]
Agrilus egenus[7]
Pholiota squarrosa (Shaggy Scalycap)[7]
Ptosima gibbicollis (Redbud Borer)[7]

Range Map

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External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service
♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8Neotoma floridana, Robert W. Wiley, Mammalian Species No. 139, pp. 1-7 (1980)
♦ 9Sciurus niger, John L. Koprowski, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 479, pp. 1-9 (1994)
♦ 10Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0