Common Name - Black Locust

Scientific Name - Robinia pseudoacacia

Description:  dark blue-green above, pale and smooth below; pinnately compound;  6 to 12 inches long with 7 to 19 leaflets, each 1 to 1.75 inches long and 0.5 to 0.75 inches wide;  elliptical, with tiny bristle at tip;  edges smooth;  hairy when young, becoming smooth.
The Black Locust Tree Leaf

Description:
dark blue-green above, pale and smooth below; pinnately compound;  6 to 12 inches long with 7 to 19 leaflets, each 1 to 1.75 inches long and 0.5 to 0.75 inches wide;  elliptical, with tiny bristle at tip;  edges smooth;  hairy when young, becoming smooth.

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