Water Locust Gleditsia aquatica

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Botanical Name:

Gleditsia aquatica

Family:

Fabaceae

Genus:

Gleditsia

Species:

aquatica

Common Name:

Water Locust

Height:
30-40 feet
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
6

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  • Gleditsia aquatica

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Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Pour boiling water over seed , Soak in hot tap water, repeat process on seed that did not imbibe.
Stratification: none required.
Germination: sow seed 3/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
Other: if boiling water treatment does not allow seed to imbibe, sulfuric acid treatment is required.
In a Nutshell:
* Gleditsia aquatica, commonly called water locust, after its habitat of river swamps and slough margins. more...
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