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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Peacock Flower Subfamily
  8. Honey Locusts

genus

Honey Locusts

Gleditsia

Traits
Includes
2 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Honey Locust native
  • Water Locust native
  • Gleditsia amorphoides
  • Chinese Honey Locust
  • Japanese Honey Locust
  • Caspian Locust
  • Texas Honey Locust

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native honey locusts All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos caterpillars 47 hosts 13 food 32 flowers 35 shelter 2
  • Water Locust Gleditsia aquatica caterpillars 16 hosts 3 food 2 flowers 4

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