• Height: 60-80 ft
  
• Spread: 40-55 ft
  
• Light: Full sun
  
• Soil: Average-Moist, Well drained
  
• Zone: 3-8
  
• Deer Resistance: Moderate
  
• Deciduous
• Native

This is a large shade tree whose seeds have a history of being used as a coffee substitute, which is how it gets its common name. The seeds are stored in large dark brown pods that you will see in October. This species is dioecious, meaning it has separate male and female plants. So if you want seeds you will need two trees. The flowers are white with narrow petals and bloom in May/June.

The flowers attract pollinators. It is a host plant for the Bicolored Honey Locus Moth and the Bisected Honey Locust Moth. The seeds were thought to have been the food of Megafauna, so not much eats it today though you will see deer and squirrels eat them from time to time.