Gleditsia / ɡ l ɪ ˈ d ɪ t s i ə / [2] (honey locust) is a genus of trees in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae, native to the Americas and Asia. The Latin name commemorates Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, director of the Berlin Botanical Garden, who died in 1786.

The honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos), also known as the thorny locust or thorny honeylocust, is a deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to central North America where it is mostly found in the moist soil of river valleys. [4]

Gleditsia triacanthos, commonly called honey locust, is native from Pennsylvania to Iowa south to Georgia and Texas. It typically grows 60-80’ (less frequently to 120’) tall with a rounded spreading crown. Trunk and branches have stout thorns (to 3” long) that are solitary or three-branched.

Honey locust is a rapidly growing, large deciduous tree in the Fabaceae (bean) family and found scattered throughout North Carolina, except for the high mountains. It is native to central and eastern North America, from North Carolina to Mexico.

Sunburst thornless honey-locust (Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis ‘Suncole’): New foliage emerges yellow and matures to bright green. A seedless, male cultivar.

An attractive and tough shade tree with a semi-weeping habit and golden new foliage creating a soft effect. G. ‘Sunburst’ is suitable for streets, car parks and gardens. Moderate to fast. Yellowish-green pinnate to bipinnate leaves, turning yellow in autumn. The new growth on the tips of the branches is golden yellow.

Fast-growing and long-lived, Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust) is a large, thorny, deciduous tree of a graceful habit with a spreading rounded crown. The bright green feathery foliage is pinnately compound with paired, oblong, glossy leaflets that turn brilliant yellow in fall.

water-locust (Gleditsia aquatica) produces Gleditsia X texana Sarg., the Texas honey-locust. Distribution Honey-locust is essentially Midwestern in distribution, from the west slope of Appalachians to the eastern edge of Great Plains -- scattered in the east-central US from central Pennsylvania westward

honey locust, (genus Gleditsia), genus of 12 species of thorny trees or shrubs in the pea family (Fabaceae). Honey locusts are native to North and South America, tropical Africa, and central and eastern Asia. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals, and a number are useful for timber or as animal fodder.

The Honey Locust is a short lived, medium sized deciduous hardwood tree native to Eastern North America. Scientifically known as Gleditsia triacanthos, it grows up to 100’ tall in full sun and well drained soil.