Scientific Name
Gleditsia
Common Name
honeylocust

Characteristics

ID hints
Leaves crowded, compound*
- Leaves alternate, entire
- Large thorns 1 or 3-pointed***
- Thorns lacking in some cultivars
Leaves once or twice pinnately compound*
- Leaflets small, numerous
- Leaflet surfaces: same color
Fruits are giant, flattened legumes
- Fruits are pendulous

4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr. Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University. All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.

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