| Name | Height | Leaf | Fruit | Region |
| Honey-locust Gleditsia triacanthos |
can be 100′, usually smaller | alternate, divided into even number of leaflets, 6″ | flat twisted pod with seeds, 12″ by 1.5″ | shore of western Lake Erie |
| Kentucky Coffee-tree Gymnocladus dioicus |
can be 80′, usually smaller | doubly compound, 1′ – 3′ by 2″ | dark leathery pod with hard seeds, 5″ by 1.5″ | near Lake St. Clair |
| Redbud Cercis canadensis |
up to 25′ | broadly heart-shaped, short blunt tip, 3″ – 5″ by 3″ – 5″ |
flat pod, narrow wing, 2″ – 4″ | along western Lake Erie |
