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Gleditsia triacanthos can grow to 100 feet tall.

COMMON NAME: Thornless Common Honeylocust
LATIN NAME: Gleditsia triaconthos
FAMILY: Fabaceae
LOCATION: On the Dimple at the corners of Cragin and Emerson.

Gleditsia triacanthos can grow to 100 feet tall.Gleditsia triacanthos in fall's yellow splendor.
Gleditsia triacanthos leaflets close-up.Gleditsia triacanthos has pinnately compound leaves, each containing 20 to 30 small leaflets.
Close-up of Gleditsia triacanthos bark.

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