Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Gleditsia triacanthos Linnaeus
(Honey Locust)


Family: Fabaceae

Status: Exotic

Synonyms:
None

Gleditsia triacanthos is a persistant tree that can be found areas of old settlement that have been reclaimed by the forest. It can also root sprout at some distance from where it apparently was planted. The leaves are either once or twice pinnate. It grows to about 30 feet tall. The trunk can have branched thorns that are very stout. The pods are nearly a foot long.
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Gleditsia triacanthos, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City Range, southeast flank of Bear Mountain, October 2, 2010



Gleditsia triacanthos, larger tree, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City Range, southeast flank of Bear Mountain, October 2, 2010



Gleditsia triacanthos, pinnately compound leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City Range, southeast flank of Bear Mountain, October 2, 2010



Gleditsia triacanthos, pinnately compound leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City Range, southeast flank of Bear Mountain, October 2, 2010



Gleditsia triacanthos, bipinnately compound leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City Range, southeast flank of Bear Mountain, October 2, 2010



Gleditsia triacanthos, trunk, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City Range, southeast flank of Bear Mountain, October 2, 2010



Gleditsia triacanthos, pods on tree, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City Range, southeast flank of Bear Mountain, October 2, 2010



Gleditsia triacanthos, root sprouts, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Silver City Range, southeast flank of Bear Mountain, October 2, 2010


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