Plant Profile for Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)

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Robinia pseudoacacia L.
black locust


Symbol:		ROPS
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Fabaceae
Growth Habit:		Tree
Duration:		Perennial
U. S. Nativity:		Native

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Jennifer Anderson. Nahant Marsh, Davenport, Scott Co., IA. 2001. Usage Guidelines.

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Robinia pseudoacacia L.

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Plant Synonyms:
Robinia pseudoacacia L.

ROPSR

Robinia pseudoacacia L. var. rectissima (L.) Raber

Plant Distribution by State:
Robinia pseudoacacia L.

State Distributional Map for Robinia pseudoacacia L.

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	AR CA CT FL* GA IA IL KS KY MA ME MI MO NC NH RI SC	SD TN* UT* VA VT WI* WV
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Robinia pseudoacacia L. occures in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming

Related Taxa:
Robinia pseudoacacia L.

View 200 genera in Fabaceae, 8 species in Robinia

Classification:
Robinia pseudoacacia L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae –
Order	Fabales –
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Robinia L. – locust
Species	Robinia pseudoacacia L. – black locust

Noxious Weed Information:
Robinia pseudoacacia L.

This plant is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.

Connecticut:
black locust		Invasive, not banned

Invasive Information:
Robinia pseudoacacia L.

black locust
false acacia
yellow locust

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

CalEPPC		California Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Exotic Plant Pest List(http://www.cal-ipc.org/1999_cal-ipc_list/, October 19, 1999). California Exotic Pest Plant Council. California.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.. 397pp.