Virginia Native Tree Leaf Identification Project/Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

• Tree location: Near a pile of bushes--bit far from my house
• Tree type: Deciduous
• Leaf: Pinnate
• Leaf margin: Smooth-edged
• Leaf arrangement: Alternate
• Habitat: Variety of sites--grows best on moist loams with limestone origin.
• Virginia Range: Mostly the western side of Virginia
• Fruit: 2-4 inch, flat, brownish pods having 4-8 kidney shaped smooth red seeds--ripening in fall.

References

• Robinia pseudoacacia (n.d.). Retrieved October 09, 2017, from https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=capu9
• Black Locust (n.d.). Retrieved October 09, 2017, from http://www.dof.virginia.gov/infopubs/Native-Tree