Gleditsia triacanthos

Honey Locust, Thorny Locust at Melba, ACT

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Identification history

Gleditsia triacanthos	28 Mar 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Gleditsia triacanthos	25 Mar 2020	Mike
Unidentified	25 Mar 2020	Kurt

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7 comments

Mike wrote:

25 Mar 2020

Does it have large thorns/spikes?

Kurt wrote:

26 Mar 2020

Hi mike, I couldn’t see any thorns on the photo but I can go back there and make sure, it’s on my morning walk. There was another smaller tree nearby without any seed pods.

Kurt wrote:

27 Mar 2020

I checked again this morning, definitely no thorns at all!

Mike wrote:

27 Mar 2020

Lucky to have the thornless variety. Check the species photos for the vicious thorns.

Kurt wrote:

27 Mar 2020

Ouch! So there are two varieties?

JackieMiles wrote:

29 Mar 2020

Leaves look identical to my photos of the normal thorny variety, so I'd say you could confirm this.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Mar 2020

The thornless variety is a bit of a misnomer - it's seedlings are thorny and I think it heavily damage can start producing thorns - not one to plant in your garden

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