Fabaceae/Leguminosae

Name Height Leaf Fruit Region

Honey-locust
Gleditsia triacanthos can be 100', usually smaller alternate, divided into even number of leaflets, 6" flat twisted pod with seeds, 12" by 1.5" shore of western Lake Erie

Kentucky Coffee-tree
Gymnocladus dioicus can be 80', usually smaller doubly compound, 1' - 3' by 2" dark leathery pod with hard seeds, 5" by 1.5" near Lake St. Clair

Redbud
Cercis canadensis up to 25' broadly heart-shaped, short blunt tip, 3" - 5" by
3" - 5" flat pod, narrow wing, 2" - 4" along western Lake Erie

Name	Height	Leaf	Fruit	Region
Honey-locust Gleditsia triacanthos	can be 100', usually smaller	alternate, divided into even number of leaflets, 6"	flat twisted pod with seeds, 12" by 1.5"	shore of western Lake Erie
Kentucky Coffee-tree Gymnocladus dioicus	can be 80', usually smaller	doubly compound, 1' - 3' by 2"	dark leathery pod with hard seeds, 5" by 1.5"	near Lake St. Clair
Redbud Cercis canadensis	up to 25'	broadly heart-shaped, short blunt tip, 3" - 5" by 3" - 5"	flat pod, narrow wing, 2" - 4"	along western Lake Erie