What's this plant?: SOLVED: long curly pods on Washington landscaping tree

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Fruticosa Midway City, CA November 7, 2009 01:52 AM	This species of tree was planted in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Vancouver, Washington. The most notable feature is the long, curly pods. I've seen various trees with pods and leaves somewhat like this before (Woman's Tongue, Albizia, carob) but none seem very close, and they represent genera of which I'm very unfamiliar, so I thought somebody here could recognize it much faster than I could research it. The leaves are compound with opposite leaflets, and are changing color toward the end of autumn to yellow. View Larger
Fruticosa Midway City, CA November 7, 2009 01:54 AM	Here's a close-up of the pods. I didn't think to break one open to show the seeds, but I can go back and do that if that's useful to do. View Larger
Fruticosa Midway City, CA November 7, 2009 01:55 AM	Here are the leaves. These trees are getting pretty bare by now (early November). View Larger
Malus2006 Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a) November 7, 2009 01:56 AM	Look like a locust species.
Fruticosa Midway City, CA November 7, 2009 01:57 AM	This somewhat thin specimen is about 15 feet tall. (Those magenta bushes in the background are Burning Bush.) View Larger
growin Vancouver, BC (Zone 8b) November 7, 2009 01:57 AM	Honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis) http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/74376/ probably the cv. 'Shademaster'.
Fruticosa Midway City, CA November 7, 2009 02:00 AM	Yes, Robinia looks like a very good candidate. Any idea which species? View Larger
Fruticosa Midway City, CA November 7, 2009 02:04 AM	Thanks. Those suggestions were fast! Gleditsia triacanthos looks close enough to me. Any more ideas? View Larger
Malus2006 Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a) November 7, 2009 02:41 AM	Honeylocust is very commonly planted in the Northern and Eastern United States along with part of Southern Canada.
Resin Northumberland United Kingdom (Zone 9a) November 7, 2009 11:47 AM	Ditto to Gleditsia triacanthos. Not Robinia, that has much smaller, non-twisted pods. Resin

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