DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey-Locust 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The natural range of honey-locust extends from central Pennsylvania
through extreme southern Ontario, extreme southern Michigan, southern
Wisconsin, and extreme southeastern Minnesota to extreme southeastern
South Dakota; south through eastern Nebraska to eastern Texas; east to
Alabama; and northeast along the western slopes of the Appalachians.
Isolated populations occur in northwestern Florida.  Honey-locust is
naturalized east of the Appalachians as far north as Nova Scotia [16,27].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CT  DE  FL  GA  IN  IL  IA  KS
     KY  LA  OK  MD  MI  MN  MS  MO  NE  NY
     NC  OH  PA  RI  SC  SD  TN  TX  VA  WI
     WV  NS  ON


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     AGFO  ANTI  BISO  BITH  BUFF  CAMO
     CHCH  COLO  COSW  CUGA  CUVA  DEWA
     EFMO  FOCA  FODO  GATE  GWCA  GWMP
     GRSM  HOBE  HOSP  INDU  JELA  OZAR
     MACA  NATR  NERI  ROCR  SARA  SCBL
     SHEN  SHIL  WICR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K098  Northern floodplain forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K101  Elm - ash forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K106  Northern hardwoods
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    27  Sugar maple
    42  Bur oak
    62  Silver maple - American elm
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    88  Willow oak - water oak - diamondleaf oak
    92  Sweetgum - willow oak
    93  Sugarberry - American elm - green ash
    94  Sycamore - sweetgum - American elm


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Honey-locust is usually only a minor component of natural forest stands.
It is considered an accessory species in four SAF cover types:  bur oak
(Quercus macrocarpa), willow oak (Q. phellos)-water oak (Q.
nigra)-diamondleaf (laurel) oak (Q. laurifolia), sweetgum (Liquidambar
styraciflua)-willow oak, and sugarberry (Celtis laevigata)-American elm
(Ulmus americana).  Honey-locust is a secondary species in all other SAF
cover types listed above [8,17].

Mesophytic species commonly associated with honey-locust include red
maple (Acer rubrum), persimmon (Diospyros virginiana), black tupelo
(Nyssa sylvatica), sweet pecan (Carya illinoensis), boxelder (Acer
negundo), Kentucky coffeetree (Gymnocladus dioica), and black walnut
(Juglans nigra) [8].

Related categories for Species: Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey-Locust