The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: True-Shade™ thornless honey locust

Family: Fabaceae (pea family)

Distribution: Species native to c. and e.-c. North America

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: This large, broadly oval, deciduous tree grows 40' tall and wide. It has lush, finely textured, light green foliage that turns yellow in the fall. A thornless variety that is both vigorous and strongly branched. It has striking, dark shiny bark and forms a heavy trunk even when young. Use as a lawn or street tree.