Gleditsia triacanthos

Honey Locust, Thorny Locust at Coombs, ACT

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Identification history

	Gleditsia triacanthos	2 May 2017	MichaelMulvaney
	Robinia pseudoacacia	2 May 2017	michaelb

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michaelb noted:

2 May 2017

This is a weed we don't want to have spreading along our waterways. See Michael Mulvaney's comment below. Park rangers have been asked to destroy the plant and remove all seed pods.

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Near the Molonglo River below Coombs; seed pods very large, approx 20 cmm long.

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 May 2017

Gleditisia badly infests the Hawkesbury river, near Camden,The thorns are like daggers I spoke to a weeds officer from council who spent time in hospital having a thorn removed from his bicep. Unfortunately we are still using supposed "thornless" varieties of this plant in street tree plantings.

michaelb wrote:

2 May 2017

Thanks Michael M
I was amazed at the size and sharpness of the thorns.
This is a very weedy section of the river, quite scrubby with rough terrain.
It looks like people have been spraying blackberries and planting some native trees.

michaelb wrote:

6 May 2017

On 5/5/2017 I was advised that park rangers had cut down this tree, poisoned the stump and bagged and removed the seed pods.

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