- Type:
- Tree
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 50 feet
- Project:
- Erosion Control, Upland Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Green, Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- May, June
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Drought Tolerant, Fire Tolerant
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low to Medium
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 2
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Butterfly), Larval Host (Moth), Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Houston
Notes/Description:
Twigs are zig-zagged with thorns at its joints. Between the seeds in the seedpods is a sweet yellowish substance ('honey'). Seedpods are eaten by wildlife. Shouldn't be pruned in wet weather due to risk of infection by nectria canker. Yellow fall color.