Locust Tree
Reproduces by root suckers to form dense clones of interconnected trees.
Locust tree. It will grow 80 tall by 30 wide in optimum conditions of full sun and well drained soil. Belongs to the Pea family. These flowers are arranged in racemous clusters at their leaf bases.
Fabaceae family Fabaceae family Leguminosae legume family Leguminosae pea family - a large family of trees shrubs vines and herbs bearing bean pods. Stand of black locust trees. Locust tree - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae.
Black Locust is a widely planted ornamental that has now escaped cultivation and become naturalized throughout eastern North America and parts of the West. The honey locust tree is one of the first trees to shed its leaves in fall. Like many other species in the Pea family it has nitrogen-fixing bacteria in its roots enabling the tree to grow vigorously in poor soil.
The Black Locust is a deciduous hardwood tree native to Eastern North America that produces rot resistant wood with a high heating value. Some locusts grow quite tall so allow enough space between trees that they will not be crowded when they reach their mature height. The flowers are about 38 inches wide bell-shaped white- or yellow-green and slightly hairy.
They are green in the beginning but turn brown and strong as they mature and eventually turn gray and brittle as they become old. This tree which has often been given a bad name for its opportunistic rapid growth and robust thorns is said to be native originally to the Appalachian Mountain range though it has become naturalized throughout the United States southern Canada and even parts of Europe and Asia. Some believe this tree rather than the insect was the food that sustained John.
The locust tree of Europe is the carob tree Ceratonia siliqua. Honey Locust trees are either dioecious or monoecious. Locust trees are beautiful structures to have in your landscape.