. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. HONEY LOCUST {Gleditsia triacanthos L.) TTHE honey locust occurs scattered througliout the State except high in the mountains. It grows under a wide variety of soil and moisture condi- tions. It sometimes occurs in the forest, but more commonly in corners and waste places beside roads and fields. It reaches a diameter of 30 inches and a height of 75 feet. The bark on old trees is dark gray and is divided into thin tight scales. The strong thorns — straight, brown, b r a n c hed, sharp and shiny which grow on
. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. HONEY LOCUST {Gleditsia triacanthos L.) TTHE honey locust occurs scattered througliout the State except high in the mountains. It grows under a wide variety of soil and moisture condi- tions. It sometimes occurs in the forest, but more commonly in corners and waste places beside roads and fields. It reaches a diameter of 30 inches and a height of 75 feet. The bark on old trees is dark gray and is divided into thin tight scales. The strong thorns — straight, brown, b r a n c hed, sharp and shiny which grow on the 1 - year - old wood and re- m a i n for many years —a r e suffi- cient to iden- t i f y the honey locust. The leaf is pinnate, o r feather - like, with 18 to 28 leaflets; or it is twice-pinnate, con- sisting of 4 to 7 pairs of pinnate or secondary leaf- lets, each 6 to 8 inches long and somewhat resem- bling the leaf of the black locust. The fruit is a pod, 10 to 18 inches long, often twisted, 1 to IV2 inches wide, flat, dark brown or black when ripe and containing yellow sweetish pulp and seeds. The seeds are very hard and each is separated from the others by the pulp. The pods are eaten by many animals, and as the seeds are hard to digest, many are thus widely scattered from the parent tree. The wood is coarse-grained, hard, strong and moderately durable in contact with the ground. It is used for fence posts and crossties. It should not be confused with the very durable wood of the black locust. 63. HONKY LOCUST Twig, three-quarters natural size. Leaf, one-quarter natural Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941; Burleigh, Thomas Dearborn. Athens, Ga.
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