Coastal Plain, extending from South Carolina to central Florida, west to eastern Texas, and up the Mississippi River valley to southern Illinois and Indiana. It can also be found in scattered populations along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and as far north as southern New York and southwestern Connecticut.
This native Indiana tree species is found in three southwestern counties near the lower Wabash River. It is often found in wet or ponded locations where there is standing water or high water tables. Not recommended for the landscape as it has large, multi-pronged thorns. Like its cousin, the honey locust, it has compound leaves, but can be differentiated by its location, much smaller seed pods, and flattened thorns along the branches.
Other plants like this Gleditsia aquatica (Water Locust)
Indiana Native 
