. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 228 Illinois Natikal Histoky Svuvky GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS ' .akus Honey Locust 'J'hc Honey Locust is a large and s^racetul iree, \vfi\i a broad, open head of slender and somewhat drooping l) "'The large leaves, often S inches long, are made up of numerous dark-green and shiny leaf- lets, each an inch or more in length and jA inch in width. The greenish- yellow llowers grow in racemes from the axils of year-old scars, the stami- nate racemes often clustered and crowded with flowers, the ])istillate racemes usually alone, few-
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 228 Illinois Natikal Histoky Svuvky GLEDITSIA TRIACANTHOS ' .akus Honey Locust 'J'hc Honey Locust is a large and s^racetul iree, \vfi\i a broad, open head of slender and somewhat drooping l) "'The large leaves, often S inches long, are made up of numerous dark-green and shiny leaf- lets, each an inch or more in length and jA inch in width. The greenish- yellow llowers grow in racemes from the axils of year-old scars, the stami- nate racemes often clustered and crowded with flowers, the ])istillate racemes usually alone, few-flowered, and graceful The dark-brown pods. 12 to inches long, hang in grou])s of 'i or 3, each on a stout stalk rui inch or mon in length, and contain a number of c val seeds. The lustrous, greenish-red to brown branchlets bear small buds and bright, red. .'5-forke(l tliorns above the leaf-scars. The trunk, the bark of which is di\ided by deep fissiu'es into long, narrow, scaly ridges, becomes 2 or 3 feet thick, and the tree grows to a height of TO to 100 feet. Distribution: From Pennsyl- \ania westward to South Dakota and southward to Florida and Texas, the Honey Locust thrives on moist and fertile soils. It ranges throughout Illinois, growing not only along streams and on the bottomlands, where the largest and best trees are always found, but also on the uplands. In- frequently, it forms pure stands, which cover small areas, but it is usually a solitary tree. It grows i)romiscuously, though nowhere abundantly, with the White, Black, I^in, and Burr oaks. Elm, Bass Wood. Black Wal- nut, Wild Black Cherry, . Pecan, and numerous other trees. Robert Ridg^way, who measured many of the lar^e trees of the Wa- bash Valley before they were cut, gives the measurements of a Honey Locust standing in 1871 as 1:^0 feet in height, with 50 feet of clear trunk and a circumference of 17 Fig. 91. Trunk of the Honey Lo- cust. The greatly branched spines are a sure means of i
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