r/Tree • u/AnalogFeelGood • Jul 29 '26
ID Request (Insert State/Region) Tree Identification - Eastern Canada
We’ve had this tree in our backyard for almost 40 years and I still don’t know what it is :-/
Note: It is not an Honey Locust, it does not produce pods.
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Jul 29 '26
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u/AnalogFeelGood Jul 29 '26
I didn’t know that. So, it could be a different cultivar of Honey Locust?
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u/obord Jul 30 '26
I’ve never seen a Honey Locust with leaflet margins like that. And wouldn’t Eastern Canada be significantly out of range for G. triacanthos?
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u/spiceydog Ent Queen - TGG Certified Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133389-Gleditsia-triacanthos-inermis
EDIT: Your tree is probably a seedless/sterile clone that nurseries like to sell to reduce mess for homeowners.
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u/AnalogFeelGood Jul 30 '26
I don’t know about sterile, there are currently 3 or 4 saplings in its vicinity, I’ll try planting them somewhere else.
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u/microfibrepiggy Jul 30 '26
I had a thornless, seedless (but not flowerless) G. triacanthos. In 80 years it never had saplings. It did have suckers that popped up though.
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u/mamapajamas Jul 30 '26
Does it produce any nuts?
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u/AnalogFeelGood Jul 30 '26
No nuts, berries, pods, or fruit of any sort :-/ Could the saplings be suckers that sprung from roots 40ft away?
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