Name:             Common: Honey Locust

                        Scientific: Gleditsia triaconthos

Leaf:               Type:

                        Form:  1. Vein- Pinnate

                                                                                      2. Apex- Pointed

                                                                                      3. Margin- Finely Wavy

                                                                                      4. Base- Short Narrow Clusters

 Arrangement: Alternate

 Flower:   Male and Female same

            Description: A yellowish color with a sweet cent.

 

Fruit:

            Description: Brown pods usually 8 inches in length.

Twig: Shinny, dark brown, long, long spines.

Bark: Dark Brown.

 
Form: Oval.

 
Discussion:

 
Uses: Livestock and wildlife eat the honey like sweet pulp in the pods.      

 
Origin: Mississippi Valley now more Eastward

 
Distribution: S. Ontario-central Pennsylvania, south to NW. Florida, west to SE. Texas and north to SE. to South Dakota.

 Images:

 Map: Lat    N 40 39 57.8

          Long W 88 53 46.0       

 References: www.arborday.org/trees/ECstart.html

                    www.siue.edu/OSME/river/

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