OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gleditsia aquatica   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gleditsia aquatica   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Gleditsia aquatica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Gleditsia aquatica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-06-002:

Gleditsia aquatica   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gleditsia aquatica

 

COMMON NAME:
Water Locust


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image of Gleditsia aquatica, Water Locust

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_642

        

image of Gleditsia aquatica, Water Locust

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_glaq_001_lvd

        

image of Gleditsia aquatica, Water Locust

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_glaq_002_lvd

        

image of Gleditsia aquatica, Water Locust

Mark A. Musselman    mam_waterlocust041906a

April    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

image of Gleditsia aquatica, Water Locust

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_gleditsia_aquatica

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

image of Gleditsia aquatica, Water Locust

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_gleditsia_aquatica_2

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gleditsia aquatica   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gleditsia aquatica   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gleditsia aquatica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Gleditsia aquatica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-06-002:
Gleditsia aquatica   FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gleditsia aquatica

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2572

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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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/Summer
Greenish
3-5 sepals
3-5 petals
3-10 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume

 

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