Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Fabaceae | Gleditsia ×texana | ||||
Fabaceae | Gleditsia aquatica | Water Locust | Swamp forests, marshes. | 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. | ![]() |
Fabaceae | Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust, Honeyshuck | Woodlands, forests (generally bottomland), fencerows, often planted as a street tree. | The native distribution is believed to be from w. NY (although see Werier 2017; Werier et al. 2023, who consider this taxon non-native throughout NY) west to se. SD, south to Panhandle FL and TX (in and west of the Blue Ridge); its occurrence in the more eastern portions of our region (east of the Blue Ridge) appears to be as an adventive. Kimball, Whyte, & Crites (2010) found remains in an archeological site near Asheville NC (Blue Ridge) dated at ca. 500 A.D. | ![]() |