Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos L. - Pea family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 70.0 feet

Planting Distance: 7.9 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Root Depth: 48 inches

Growth Form: Single Crown

Growth Rate: Rapid

Features

Flower Color: Yellow

Conspicuous Flowers: No

Bloom Time: Late Spring

Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer

Evergreen: No

Fall Colors: Yes

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Clay Soil Tolerance: Yes

Sandy Soil Tolerance: No

Drought Tolerance: High

Flood Tolerance: None

Fire Tolerance: Medium

Salt Tolerance: Medium

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Honeylocust: Agonopterix robiniella, Amyelois transitella, Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Automeris io io, Catocala illecta, Catocala innubens, Catocala minuta, Datana ministra, Eacles imperialis imperialis, Epargyreus clarus, Erannis tiliaria, Halysidota tessellaris, Heliomata cycladata, Hemileuca burnsi, Hemileuca juno, Hemileuca tricolor, Heteropacha rileyana, Homadaula anisocentra, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Mellilla xanthometata, Nephopterix subcaesiella, Nephopterix virgatella, Orgyia leucostigma, Paleacrita vernata, Pandemis lamprosana, Peridroma saucia, Periploca gleditschiaeella, Phtheochroa leguminana, Schizura ipomoeae, Schizura unicornis, Semiothisa ocellinata, Semiothisa snoviata, Sparganothis sulfureana, Spiloloma lunilinea, Syssphinx bicolor, Syssphinx bisecta, Syssphinx blanchardi, Syssphinx helligbrodti, Syssphinx hubbardi, Thorybes ephemeraeformis, Tiascala reductella, Uresiphita reversalis, Zale undularis

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
  • MEX:  Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.