Gleditsia × texana
Gleditsia × texana
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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 2 Florida counties.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
37CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL
Genus host records with ranges including FL · Gleditsia
- Epargyreus clarusSilver-spotted Skipper
- Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
- Amyelois transitellaNavel Orangeworm
- Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
- Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
- Ascalapha odorataBlack Witch
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Catocala clintoniiClinton's Underwing
- Catocala innubensThe Betrothed
- Catocala minutaLittle Underwing
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- Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
- Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
- Digrammia ocellinataFaint-Spotted Angle
- Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
- Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
- Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
- Heliomata cycladataCommon Spring Moth, Stout Locust Looper
- Heteropacha rileyanaRiley's Lappet Moth
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
- Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
- Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
- Mellilla xanthometataOrange Wing
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Pococera asperatellaMaple Webworm
- Rudenia leguminanaBlack-Tipped Rudenia Moth
- Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
- Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
- Spiloloma lunilineaMoon-Lined Moth
- Syssphinx bicolorHoney Locust Moth
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Tlascala reductellaTlascala Moth, Honey Locust Leafroller
- Uresiphita reversalisGenista Caterpillar, Genista Cbroom Moth
- Zale undularisBlack Zale
- Pococera humerella
- Sinoe robiniella
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimNo records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Fabaceae
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Florida rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| FL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Atlas of Florida Plants
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications