PLANTS Profile for Gleditsia aquatica (water locust)

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Gleditsia aquatica Marshall
water locust

Symbol:

GLAQ

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	swamp-locust

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W.D. Brush. Provided by National Agricultural Library. Originally from US Forest Service. United States, FL. Usage Requirements.

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Gleditsia aquatica Marshall

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Synonyms:
Gleditsia aquatica Marshall

GLMO

Gleditsia monosperma Walter

Distribution:
Gleditsia aquatica Marshall


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NY, SC, TN, TX, WV)

Related Taxa:
Gleditsia aquatica Marshall

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 5 species in Gleditsia

Classification:
Gleditsia aquatica Marshall

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Gleditsia L. – locust
Species	Gleditsia aquatica Marshall – water locust

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gleditsia aquatica Marshall

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
water-locust		Endangered
Kentucky:
water locust		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Gleditsia aquatica Marshall

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Gleditsia aquatica Marshall

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26712.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:45 PM CST