Black Locust
Scientific Name: Robinia pseudoacacia
Often distinguished by shelf fungus growing on dead or dying trees. Thorns grow in pairs below the compound leaves.
Black Locust
Scientific Name: Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust
| Genus species: | Robinia pseudoacacia | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Black Locust | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Fabaceae 
Herbaceous or woody plants; leaves alternate or basal, simple or compound, stipulate, the petiole and petiolule base typically swollen; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, in various clusters; fruit a legume. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Tree | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | White | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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