Common Name - Black Locust

Scientific Name - Robinia pseudoacacia

Description: is a medium-size tree with irregular crown and forking trunk, often crooked. Reaches heights of 4 to 80 feet with a diameter of 1 to 2 feet. Tree located at Douglas-Hart Nature Center
Mattoon, Illinois
The Black Locust Tree
Researched by Chelsea K.and Taya

Description:
is a medium-size tree with irregular crown and forking trunk, often crooked.  Reaches heights of 4 to 80 feet with a diameter of 1 to 2 feet.
Habitat:

open areas with sandy soils; also in woodlands.
      Range:  Pennsylvania and Ohio to Alabama and Georgia;  also from S. Missouri to E. Oklahoma.

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