Honeylocust (Gleditsia)

This genus is not native to Oregon and is currently not fully described on this website.

• Leaves: Pinnately and doubly-pinnately compound leaves (gives the foliage a feathery appearance); alternate and deciduous.
  
• Fruit: Long (sometimes 1 foot or more!), brown seed pods that are flat and curley-cue so that the wind can roll them along the ground, thereby redistributing the seeds distant from the "mother" tree.
  
• Twigs: Some honeylocusts have huge, sharp, multi-pointed thorns, but most ornamental honelocusts were bred not to have them.
  

For more information on this tree, check here:

Dendrology at Virginia Tech: Searchable Fact Sheets

USDA Forest Service: Silvics of North American Tree Species