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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gleditsia aquatica
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_642
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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 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
2572
Tree
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p244
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p144
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p073
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p154
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