Honey Locust, Thorny Locust at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Gleditsia triacanthos | Yesterday | waltraud | ||
| Gleditsia triacanthos | 21 Mar 2026 | Mike | ||
| Unverified | 17 Mar 2026 | waltraud |
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Garden extension: tree with 20-30cm long seed pods; tree grows into power lines.
5 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
20 Mar 2026
Waltraud did this tree have thorns and if so were they single or paired
Mike
wrote:
20 Mar 2026
It looks like Gleditsia triacanthos but the habit is wrong. Perhaps competing regrowth from cut stump, or does photo 3 show a trunk?
waltraud
wrote:
21 Mar 2026
Mike and MichaelMulvaney
I added 3 more photos that I took this evening; the longest pod I measured was 40cm, there were no thorns; there was at least one recruit growing under the tree.
I added 3 more photos that I took this evening; the longest pod I measured was 40cm, there were no thorns; there was at least one recruit growing under the tree.
Mike
wrote:
21 Mar 2026
You can compare it with the Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust, Thorny Locust) near Verco St.
waltraud
wrote:
Yesterday
thanks Mike. Apparently this variety produces lots of fruits but has no thorns. May be the recruits would grow thorns and fruits. I was hoping the fire unit would clear those garden extensions in the inner asset protection zone when they recently cut a lot of native trees and shrubs further in the nature reserve (including FoMM plantings); I thought that this tree must be cleared in particular, because it grows under the low hanging power line. Seemed that the removal of the few shrubs (Cassinia longifolia and C quinquefaria) FoMM planted along a drainage line away from the inner asset protection zone or tracks was of greater importance. FoMM planted 1 native for >10 large woody weeds such as firethorn removed; see for instance https://majura.org/working-party-23-10-2022/ We should have left the woody weeds for the fire unit to remove ....
Location information
- Coordinates 149.167039-35.242069
- Altitude 633.6m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Mar 2026 07:00 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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Species information
- Gleditsia triacanthos Scientific name
- Honey Locust, Thorny Locust Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 729m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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