Honey Locust

About Honey Locust in Alberta

Honey Locust is an introduced North American ornamental and municipal landscape tree in Alberta, used especially as thornless cultivars in streetscapes and designed public landscapes. It is not a native Alberta tree and should not be interpreted as part of Alberta wild riparian ecology. For ARA, notable specimens are most likely older boulevard, park, campus, cemetery, civic, or estate trees, with especially high interest if an older thorny form survives outside the usual thornless cultivar pattern.

Identification: Leaves may be once-pinnate or bipinnate, sometimes on the same tree. Many small oval leaflets create a fine, airy texture that is much lighter than black locust or many other compound-leaved trees.

Alberta range and habitat: Honey Locust is not native to Alberta. No Alberta wild or naturalized status is confirmed here.