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Each value Trefle shows for Gleditsia triacanthos, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced13 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded15 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, USDA PLANTS, Missouri Botanical Garden

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 1056 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Three-thorn-acacia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	WC. & E. U.S.A. to Mexico (NW. Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	1675 cm	1675 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 56 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 68, 92, 184, 214, 251, 500, 673, 873, 882, 918	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit seed persistence	true	true · Missouri Botanical Garden · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Fruit shape	legume	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth form	Single Crown	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Shrub, Tree	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Leaf retention	false	false · Missouri Botanical Garden · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Ligneous type	tree	tree · Missouri Botanical Garden · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Maximum height	3657 cm	2250 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 68, 92, 184, 214, 251, 500, 673, 873, 882, 918 3657 cm · Missouri Botanical Garden · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	may, jun	may\|jun · Missouri Botanical Garden · Reported · 2026-09-04	Differs from sources
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 460, 818, 882, 918 perennial · Missouri Botanical Garden · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Fruit months	aug, sep	jan, feb, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882 aug\|sep · Missouri Botanical Garden · Reported · 2026-09-04	Differs from sources
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 89, 444, 445 None · USDA PLANTS · Reported · 2026-09-04	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4.8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	310 cm	310 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 339, 432, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	19.9 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 227, 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fuelwood, posts · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Gleditsia triacanthos L., 1753 52% complete

Three-thorn-acacia

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