Gleditsia triacanthos

Plant Characteristics
Habit		tree
Height:	⇕	150 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Width:	⇔	70 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 70.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial

Scientific Names
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Plant Characteristics
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Gleditsia triacanthos in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Gleditsia triacanthos, Linn. Honey or Sweet Locust. Three- Thorned Acacia. Fig. 1652. Tree, 70-140 ft., usually with stout simple or branched spines 3—4 in. long: lvs. 6-8 in. long, with pubescent grooved rachis; pinnate with 20-30 lfts., bipinnate with 8-14 pinnse; lfts. oblong- lanceolate, remotely crenulate-serrate, ¾ - 1 ½ in- long: fls. very short-pedicelled in 1 ½ -3 in. long, narrow racemes; ovary pubescent: pod 12-18 in. long, slightly falcate and twisted at length. May, June. From Pa. south to Miss., west to Neb. and Texas. 8.8.3:125. 126. Gn. 32, p. 304. Var. inermis, Pursh. Unarmed or nearly so, of somewhat more slender and looser habit; var. inermis elegantissima, Grosdemange, is an unarmed form of dense bushy habit and with smaller lfts. R.H. 1905, p. 513. Var. bujotii. Rehd. (G. bujotii, Neum. G. bujotii pendula, Hort.). With slender, pendulous branches and narrower Ifts. glabrous or only pubescent on the margin. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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