Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gleditsia aquatica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gleditsia aquatica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-06-002:
Gleditsia aquatica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Water Locust
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_glaq_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_glaq_002_lvd
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Mark A. Musselman mam_waterlocust041906a
April Dorchester County SC
Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_gleditsia_aquatica
May MA
Arnold Arboretum
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_gleditsia_aquatica_2
May MA
Arnold Arboretum
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gleditsia aquatica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gleditsia aquatica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-06-002:
Gleditsia aquatica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
2572
Tree
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Common
Look for it in swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with formidable thorns, simple and/or branched
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Evenly 1- or 2-pinnately compound (often on the same plant)
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Greenish
Bisexual & unisexual
3-5 sepals
3-5 petals
3-10 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p144
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p073
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p154