Sugar Maple (Hard Maple) vs Thornless Honeylocust - TreeTime.ca

Sugar Maple (Hard Maple) vs Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos inermis

Acer saccharum

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Thornless Honeylocust
Sugar Maple (Hard Maple)

Thornless Honey Locust makes an excellent shade tree with its lacy foliage and dappled shade. The leaves are honey-yellow, light and airy, providing interesting color and texture to your landscape. This variety is thornless, and the seeds and pods provide food for wildlife such as deer and squirrels.

The Thornless Honey Locust is tolerant of drought, various soil conditions, and even road salt.

Sugar Maple is a large, deciduous tree known for its brilliant fall yellow, orange, and red-orange color display.

This long-lived shade tree features unique "maple"
lobed leaves.

Note: this Zone 4 tree is unlikely to produce commercially viable sap on the prairies.

Thornless Honeylocust Quick Facts

Sugar Maple (Hard Maple) Quick Facts

Lowest Price: $19.99
Zone: 3a
Zone: 4a
Height: 15 m (50 ft)
Height: 20 m (66 ft)
Spread: 15 m (50 ft)
Spread: 11 m (35 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: light and thin
Seeds: winged samara
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: ON, QC, NS, NB, PE
Other Names: hard maple, rock maple