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Honey Locust
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
120-150 yrs
Size
Huge
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
Common

About

This deciduous tree grows in the moist soil of North American river valleys. Its trunk and branches are covered in clusters of sharp, woody thorns up to ten centimeters long.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Gleditsia
Species
Gleditsia triacanthos