Black locust
NativeRobinia pseudoacacia
Pea (Fabaceae) · Other broadleaf · 40–70 ft
Knowing it
Deeply furrowed bark, paired thorns at the leaf bases and fragrant white flowers in May. Native to the Ozarks, spread statewide along roads and fields.
What a tree company sees
Rot-resistant fence-post wood, but locust borers riddle trunks and limbs break at the damage. Suckers aggressively after cutting.
Recorded in 64 counties
- Adair County
- Andrew County
- Atchison County
- Barry County
- Barton County
- Bates County
- Boone County
- Buchanan County
- Callaway County
- Camden County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Cole County
- Cooper County
- Crawford County
- Dallas County
- Dent County
- Franklin County
- Greene County
- Henry County
- Hickory County
- Holt County
- Howard County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Laclede County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Macon County
- Marion County
- McDonald County
- Miller County
- Mississippi County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Osage County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Pike County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Schuyler County
- Scotland County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- Shelby County
- St. Charles County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stoddard County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Webster County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.