Life Form:

Deciduous tree

Average Height:

40-45'

Bark Characteristics:

Brown

Bloom Characteristics:

Pleasant fragrance. Non-showy.

Fall Color:

Yellow

Foliage Characteristics:

Alternate, pinnately compound or bipinnately compound oblong leaves. Ovate leaflets are .5-1.5" long.

Fruit Characteristics:

Purple-brown seedpods which mature in late summer and persist into winter. Contain seeds and sweet, gummy substance. 18" long.

Structure:

Pyramidal

Range:

Cultivated

Description:

This honey locust variety is also nearly seedless.

Hardiness:

-30 - 20 F

Bloom Time:

June

Provenance:

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

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Common Name:

Thornless honeylocust cultivar

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Rosanae

Order:

Fabales

Family:

Fabaceae

Genus:

Gleditsia

Species:

triacanthos

Accession Number:

2018-0758A

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax706fa3d80-6bda-4a40-aa58-b0b2544032fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2018-0758A