Honey Locust; Sweet-locust; Thorny-locust Scientific Name: Gleditsia triacanthos
Description: Large spiny tree with open, flattened crown of spreading branches. Height: 80'. Diameter: 2.5'
Habitat: Moist soils of river flood plains in mixed forest; sometimes on dry, upland limestone hills; also in waste places.
Range: Extreme S. Ontario to central Pennsylvania, south to NW. Florida, west to SE. Texas, and north to SE. South Dakota.
Type: Tree Source:National Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region
Photograph: Chris Evans, University of Georgia from www.forestryimages.org. |
