Flowering plantsIn Ohio

Honey locust

Gleditsia triacanthos L.

honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
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Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Gleditsia
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Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (20)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (54)
  • Recorded, season not shown (13)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
honey locust by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Allen County32 · Recorded, season not shown
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yet
Athens County308 · Season shown
Auglaize CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Butler County48 · Recorded, season not shown
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yet
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clermont County37 · Recorded, season not shown
Clinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Columbiana CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Coshocton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware County44 · Recorded, season not shown
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fairfield County20 · Recorded, season not shown
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin County116 · Recorded, season not shown
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene County37 · Recorded, season not shown
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton County125 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock County28 · Recorded, season not shown
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Holmes CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yet
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lucas County23 · Recorded, season not shown
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yet
Montgomery County45 · Recorded, season not shown
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Portage CountyNo qualifying records yet
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Summit County22 · Recorded, season not shown
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Van Wert CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren County29 · Recorded, season not shown
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a result

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Recorded all year

Recorded through most of the year, so there is no single season to show. Based on 1,447 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 1,447 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of honey locust in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of honey locustYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–101276,211
Jan 11–171375,146
Jan 18–241054,645
Jan 25–312054,698
Feb 1–74166,023
Feb 8–141645,888
Feb 15–211755,436
Feb 22–281156,846
Mar 1–7738,321
Mar 8–1419810,384
Mar 15–2112612,620
Mar 22–2817613,949
Mar 29 – Apr 432819,661
Apr 5–1134626,860
Apr 12–1838839,925
Apr 19–25461041,623
Apr 26 – May 256956,391
May 3–929752,952
May 10–1627853,785
May 17–2333857,698
May 24–3022654,651
May 31 – Jun 620753,099
Jun 7–1333653,700
Jun 14–2019756,625
Jun 21–2724855,361
Jun 28 – Jul 419758,477
Jul 5–1121861,336
Jul 12–1824864,722
Jul 19–2527869,753
Jul 26 – Aug 119959,416
Aug 2–828859,712
Aug 9–1526755,994
Aug 16–2225854,328
Aug 23–2923851,772
Aug 30 – Sep 559857,167
Sep 6–1235859,075
Sep 13–19511054,543
Sep 20–2626945,860
Sep 27 – Oct 355843,180
Oct 4–1065837,841
Oct 11–1755830,824
Oct 18–2424721,156
Oct 25–31401019,021
Nov 1–7361014,172
Nov 8–1434712,621
Nov 15–212287,965
Nov 22–284688,136
Nov 29 – Dec 51866,083
Dec 6–122166,004
Dec 13–19735,423
Dec 20–261165,661
Dec 27 – Jan 22288,459

Reported in flower

No records here show flowers yet, so there is no flowering season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

No fruiting season shown here. The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • black locust Robinia pseudoacaciaOften confused in Ohio: 68 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • Kentucky coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicusOften confused in Ohio: 41 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima60 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • eastern black walnut Juglans nigra56 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • American Royal Fern Osmunda spectabilis48 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed44%49%
Forest38%31%
Farmland14%11%
Wetland3%5%
Open water1%3%
Grassland and shrub0.3%0.9%
Barren0.1%0.6%

From 992 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

1,447 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.