Gleditsia triacanthos -- (Honeylocust)


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 Scientific Name:  Gleditsia triacanthos
 Common Name:  Honeylocust
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Loam
 Drought Tolerance:  High
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  Medium
 Shade Tolerance:  Intolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  None
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Medium
 Bloom Period:  Late Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  Yes
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  180
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  High
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  Yes
 Fire Tolerance:  None
 Foliage Texture:  Medium
 Growth Form:  Single Crown
 Growth Habit:  Tree, Shrub
 Growth Rate:  Rapid
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  35
 Height, Mature (feet):  75
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  700
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  170
 pH (Maximum):  8
 pH (Minimum):  6
 Precipitation (Minimum):  35
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  Yes
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  48
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Rounded
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  2800
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -33
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)  Browse Animal (Low), Graze Animal (Low)
 Uses:  Post, Firewood (High)
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Fabales
 Family:  Fabaceae
 Genus:  Gleditsia

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