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HoneylocustHoneylocust
Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

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Common names: Honeylocust, Locust, Sweet-locust, Thorny-locust

Distributed in: United States (North America)

Distribution overview: The natural range of honey-locust extends from central Pennsylvania through extreme southern Ontario, extreme southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, and extreme southeastern Minnesota to extreme southeastern South Dakota; south through eastern Nebraska to eastern Texas; east to Alabama; and northeast along the western slopes of the Appalachians. Isolated populations occur in northwestern Florida.Honey-locust is naturalized east of the Appalachians as far north as Nova Scotia. Also introduced, established and possibly spreading, sometimes as a weed tree in India, New Zealand and South Africa. Prefers floodplain forests, old fields and roadsides.

Common uses: Beams, Building construction, Building materials, Cabin construction, Chairs, Chests, Concealed parts (Furniture), Concrete formwork, Construction, Decks, Desks, Dining-room furniture, Dowell pins, Dowells, Drawer sides, Factory construction, Fine furniture, Floor lamps, Form work, Foundation posts, Framing, Furniture , Furniture components, Furniture squares or stock, Hatracks, Heavy construction, Interior construction, Interior trim, Joists, Kitchen cabinets, Light construction, Living-room suites, Millwork, Moldings, Office furniture, Porch columns, Posts, Radio - stereo - TV cabinets, Rough construction, Rustic furniture, Stakes

Product sources: Honeylocust timber is rather scarce, and when available, it is often used locally.

Environment profile: Widespread

Tree size: Tree height is 10-20 m

Colors: the heart isReddish brown, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite to yellow, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureVery fine

Natural durability: Sapwood susceptible to attack by wood boring insects, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: No specific smell or taste

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries slowly

Drying Defects: Splitting, Surface checks

Ease of Drying: Slowly

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fair to good results

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Gluing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Tends to split during nailing

Planing: Very Good to Excellent

Resistance to Impregnation: Resistant sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Very Good to Excellent Results

Screwing: Very Good to Excellent Results, Wood is liable to split; Turning: Very Good to Excellent Results

Polishing: Very Good to Excellent; Staining: Very Good to Excellent;

  • Numerical data Metric
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,56 0,62
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 702 1012 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 79 126 kg/cm2
Hardness 702 kg
Impact Strength 116 116 cm
Shearing Strength 155 kg/cm2
Stiffness 88 112 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 929 673 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,91 0,91 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 9996 14406 psi
Crushing Strength 1127 1803 psi
Hardness 1548 lbs
Impact Strength 46 46 inches
Maximum Crushing Strength 4332 7350 psi
Shearing Strength 2205 psi
Stiffness 1264 1597 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 13 13 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.56 0.62
Weight 58 42 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 7 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 11 %


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