Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Honey lucust


Recently I was struck by a sweet scent while walking at the NW corner of the sanctuary.  I traced its source to the blossoms of a medium-sized tree at one end of a small copse on the median between the path and the parking lot.  I wondered if it might be a honey locust tree.  Later research confirmed this to be correct.  I didn't notice any thorns so it may be the of the thornless variety, Gleditsia triacanthos inermis.  More about honey locust trees can be learned here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_locust.









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