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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