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Scientific Name: | Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis |
Common Name: | thornless honey locust |
Family Name: | Fabaceae |
Origin: | Canada - central, Canada - eastern, U.S. - central, U.S. - northeast |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
Habit: | Irregular, Open, Spreading, Twiggy |
Form: | Irregular, Oval - vertical |
Texture: | Fine |
Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Specimen plant |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Even-pinnate, Lanceolate, Crenate, Serrulate |
Flowers: | Raceme, White, May-Jun |
Fruit: | Legume, Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves alternate, pinnately or bipinnately compound, 15-20cm long, each with >20 small leaflets that mostly enlarge to 2-4cm long x 1-1.5cm wide. Winter ID: crown open; bark mottled gray; branches shiny, zigzag with swollen nodes (some with short spurs); buds very small, clustered of about 5 per node, no terminal bud; leaf scars gnarled; legumes up to 20cm long x 3cm wide, twisted, dark brown (missing in some cultivars). |