g 4 THE PRINCIPAL SPECIES OF WOOD. 



Honey Locust. Gleditsia triacanthos Linn. 



Nomenclature. (Sudworth. ) 



Honey Locust (local and com- Honey or Honeyshucks (R.I., 



mon name). N. J., Va., Fla., Iowa). 



Thorn or Thorny Locust Tree Honeyshucks Locust (Ky.). 



or Acacia (N. Y., N. J., Sweet Locust (S. C, La., 



Ind., Tenn., La.). Kans., Nebr.). 



Three-thorned Acacia (Mass., Piquant Amourette (La.). 



R. I., La., Tex., Neb., Confederate Pintree (Fla.). 



Mich.). Locust (Nebr.). 

 Black Locust (Miss., Tex., 



Ark., Kans., Neb.). 



Locality. 



Pennsylvania to Florida, westward intermittently to Nebraska 

 and Texas. Best in lower Ohio River basin. 



Features of Tree. 



Seventy to ninety feet or more in height, two to four feet in 

 diameter. Frequent long thorns.* Light thin foliage. 

 Brown pods contain sweet pulp. 



Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood. 



Heartwood bright brown or red, sapwood yellowish, annual 

 layers strongly marked, coarse-grained, medullary rays con- 

 spicuous. 



Structural Qualities of Wood. 



Heavy, hard, strong, very durable in contact with soil. 



Representative Uses of Wood. 



Fence-posts, rails, wagon-hubs, rough construction, etc. 



Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot. 



42. 

 Modulus of Elasticity. 



1,540,000. 

 Modulus of Rupture. 



13,100. 



Remarks. 



Widely cultivated for landscape effect. Young trees- used for 

 forming hedges. One of the hardiest trees for planting on the 

 uplands of Western Kansas. (" Forestry and Irrigation," 

 August, 1903.) 



* Thorns plentiful on some individuals, but absent on others. 



