Gleditsia aquatica Marshall
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Filed As
Caesalpiniaceae
Gleditsia aquatica Marshall -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 02708363
Occurrence ID: 1d1c320f-02cc-43f5-bc67-6c0e61aa5b68
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Fabales
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Family
Fabaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[US & Canada]
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Distribution
CULTIVATED PLANTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA GLEDITSIA AQUATICA Marsh. Caesalpiniaceae RICHLAND COUNTY: Acquired from Woodlanders Inc. (nursery in Aiken Co SC) about 1995, with the presumption of its remaining a “small” tree: after 2006 removal of a nearby and over- towering pecan (about 7m distant), this tree has grown considerably in height and crown coverage, presently 21.5cm dbh, 71cm (measured) circumference; regularly producing branched, needle- like clusters of reddish/russet thorns, these elongating/enlarging, occasional bearing leaves, and eventually forming dangerously sharp complexes, abundant up and down the trunk, the new developing thorns always reddish and pliable at first, eventually indurated, gray, dying, and for a while persisting; lower trunk otherwise pale tan/gray, studded with many thousands of raised, somewhat brown-orange eruptions (lenticels?); flowers abundantly produced, green-reddish-russet; legumes soon following, these ~2cm long, broadly obtuse/tapered, and “wafer” shaped; seedlings now commonly produced in the yard (and eliminated), as well as alarmingly robust surficial roots, linear-elongated well away from the trunk, the tree now, all things considered, something of a pest, but the foliage useful for light shade, the spring flowers attractive and red, and the thorns make a great conversation point on a tour of our garden...with a drink; at residence at 3801 Duncan St, Sherwood Forest neighborhood of Columbia; 33.992256° -80.987897°. John B. Nelson 35174 2 V 2016 A. C. Moor* Herbarium (USCH) ^JJnlverri^fSouttiCarrtBnm 02708363
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Gleditsia aquatica Marshall