Gleditsia triacanthos

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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
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Exposure: sun
USDA Zones: 3 to 10
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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


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