Honey Locust

Very thorny. In the northern parts of its range, a thornless cultivar is planted.



Specimen tree. To avoid insect issues, best not to plant in large numbers.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms).

Very sharp thorns. Tree is short-lived in the southern parts of its range (includes Florida).

The seed pods have edible sweet pulp and are eaten by deer, opossums, squirrels, crows, starlings, and  quail.

Upper portions of riverine floodplains, fertile uplands, stream banks. Planted in upland areas.

• Thorns
• Larval host for Epargyreus clarus (Silver-Spotted Skipper) and several moths including Catocala innubens (The Betrothed), Catocala minuta (Little Underwing), and Spiloloma lunilinea (Moon-Lined Moth). 
• Pollinated primarily by small bees and flies.
• Other insect feeders include the treehoppers, leafhoppers, some bugs, and some beetles.