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Gleditsia

not marked as a favorite taxon Gleditsia aquatica Marshall. Common name: Water Locust. Phenology: Apr-May (-Jun); Jul-Nov. Habitat: Swamp forests, marshes. Distribution: E. SC south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX, and north in the interior to IN, IL, and MO (as a native species almost completely restricted to the Coastal Plain); occasionally cultivated north of its native range.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl3, FNA11.1, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mo2, NcTx, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, SE3, Tn, Tx, WH3, Isely (1975), Isely (1998), Robertson & Lee (1976). Basionym: Gleditsia aquatica Marshall 1785

Links to other floras: = Gleditsia aquatica - FNA11.1

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Gleditsia aquatica© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Gleditsia aquatica© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Gleditsia aquatica© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Gleditsia aquatica© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Gleditsia aquatica© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Gleditsia aquatica© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Gleditsia aquatica© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Gleditsia aquatica© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷

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