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Robinia
pseudoacacia |
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Black Locust |
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Upright, with a straight trunk and a narrow, oblong
crown |
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30-50 feet tall with a spread
of 20-35 feet |
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Flowers are white,
1 inch across, extremely fragrant, borne in
dense racemes, 4-8 inches long, showy. |
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Late May to early
June |
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Leaves are alternate, pinnately
compound with 7-19 leaflets, each being
elliptic, 1-2 inches long, with an entire edge,
dark bluish-green in color. |
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Fall color is yellow-green. |
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Bark is reddish-brown to black,
deeply furrowed into a basket weave pattern,
with orangish inner wood showing through. Stems
are slender, zig-zag, with a pair of ˝ inch
long prickles at each node. |
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Fruit is a flat, brown-black
pod, 2-4 inches long, ripening in October and
persisting. |
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