Honey Locust
Mature Height: 60'-80'
Mature Width: 60'-80'
Sunlight: Full Sun
Growth Rate: Fast
Shape: Oval
Fall Foliage: Yellow
Scientific Name: Gleditsia triacanthos
This large, fast-growing shade tree will give character to your landscape and make your yard glow in the fall with its bright yellow foliage. In late spring the tree will produce small flowers that are enjoyed by many of our pollinators, and towards the end of the growing season its seed pods are enjoyed by many.
ATTRACTS:
Eastern gray squirrel
Wild turkey
White-tailed deer
Honeybee
Mason bee
Honey locust flower
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Photo Credit
"gleditsia triacanthos" by geneva_wirth is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
"Tronc du Févier d'Amérique doré, Gleditsia triacanthos Sunburst, Césalpiniacées" by olive.titus is marked with CC PDM 1.0
"Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) illustration from Traité d" by Free Public Domain Illustrations by rawpixel is licensed under CC BY 2.0
"Gleditsia triacanthos 'Moraine' (Cultivar of Honeylocust)" by Plant Image Library is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Wild Turkey strut" by stevevoght is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
"Gray Squirrel" by ShenandoahNPS is marked with CC PDM 1.0
"CAA00434a" by jerryoldenettel is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
"Honey Locust Flowers" by milesizz is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
"Two-coloured Mason Bee - Osmia bicolor" by Manx John is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
"Honey Bee & Gray Nickerbean" by bob in swamp is licensed under CC BY 2.0