Common Name: Honey Locust
Latin Name: Gleditsia Triacanthos
Type: Deciduous
Location: University of Manchester Campus
Ultimate height: Up to 45m
Ultimate spread: 4 - 8m
Located Gleditsia Triacanthos height: 3-4m
Overall shape: Honey Locust have a rounded
crown
Leaf Shape: Alternated pinnate and bipinnate
leaflets with between 18 to 14 pairs ranging from 2-3cm long. Leaflets are
yellow in early summer becoming greener as the season
progresses.
Bark: Greyish purple colour
Preferred soil type: Well drained sand,
chalk, clay and loam
Fruit/Flowers: Flat pods can grow up to
45cm long becoming dark brown and twisted/curved when ripe. Tiny
flowers appear in June no more than 3mm long with greenish white oval
petals, both male and female grow together in compact clusters.
Distribution: Native of the Mississippi
Basin of North America and planted through Britain for ornament
This specie was located within
the University of Manchester Campus, in close proximity to many other
species of its own. The Gleditsia Triacanthos dominated this area however, they
have been planted with intention. Their planting layout is of a strategic
form, proving to be of a gridlock pattern throughout the site. They stand
distanced apart from one another, ensuring that all nutrients necessary
for healthy growth are more then available. Unfortunately when I had
located this tree, the leaves had fallen however, their golden colour provides
a beautiful colour palette for the area, proving purposeful to the
decision of planting; being more of an aesthetic design rather than
a functionality. The area they are planted within is a mass of turfed
surface, often becoming boggy after rainfall. The Gleditsia Triacanthos is often
used as a street tree due to its ability to withhold many different ground
conditions and so the tendencies of water logging bare no negative effect to
this particular specie. As mentioned previously, they seem to be getting
plenty of nutrition and as a result of this, are in a healthy state.
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