General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 30 to 50 feet
Plant Spread: 20 to 35 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: 4 to5 inch long flat, purplish-brown pods
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Will Naturalize
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Pollution
Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Monoecious
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Black Locust
  • Yellow False Acacia
  • Yellow Locust
  • Post Locust
  • Common Locust

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