Maryland Biodiversity Project - Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos Linnaeus

Synonyms: Honey Locust, Thorny Locust.

Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Class Magnoliopsida > Order Fabales > Family Fabaceae > Genus Gleditsia Honeylocust - Gleditsia triacanthos - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/3813

Host plant to various moth species including Moon-lined Moth, Bisected Honey Locust Moth (BugGuide), Common Spring Moth and Banded Tussock Moth (Database of World's Lepidopteran Host Plants) as well as the leafhoppers Penestragania alabamensis and Penestragania apicalis.

There are 150 records in the project database.

Honeylocust (Thornless Form)in Howard Co., Maryland (5/8/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Howard Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) johnbotany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/12/2015). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

A Honeylocust in Cecil Co., Maryland (9/30/2016). Photo by John Hall. (MBP list)

A Honeylocust with young seed pods in Kent Co., Maryland (7/5/2016). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Washington Co., Maryland (10/4/2020). (c) smuller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/16/2016). Photo by Jane Hill. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/25/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Honey Locust in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/25/2013). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

A Honeylocust seed pod in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/13/2016). Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Frederick Co., Maryland (1/10/2020). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Carroll Co., Maryland (10/28/2018). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Honeylocust growing in Washington Co., Maryland (11/3/2018). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

The trunk of a Honeylocust in Baltimore Co., Maryland (12/2/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Honeylocust in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/8/2017). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Honeylocust in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/3/2017). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Honeylocust growing in Washington Co., Maryland (9/23/2017). Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Honeylocust (flower buds) in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/14/2015). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Allegany Co., Maryland (9/20/2017). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Honeylocust in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/16/2016). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

A Honeylocust (thorn) in Howard Co., Maryland (1/9/2009). Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

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