Locust Tree
By Ann MacDonald
Locust Tree - These tall Lobelias have a great attraction for me, and my experience of their ways may be of use to others. The Cardinal Lobelia is a hardy one, grows in the colder parts of N.
Locust
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in botany, any species of the genus Robinia, deciduous trees or shrubs of the family Leguminosae ( family) native to the United States and Mexico.
Black locust infusion
It is prepared with the help of one spoon of flowers for a cup of water. Two or three cups a day are administered, recommended mostly after the important meals.
Black locust is native to the north of Florida. This thorny tree is occasionally found escaped in the northern counties of the state, in disturbed hammock margins.
Black Locust, Yellow Locust
Scientific Name: Robinia pseudoacacia L.
Synonym: Robinia subvelutina, Robinia breviloba, Robinia luxurians
Family: Fabaceae ...
Black Locust
(Robinia pseudoacacia L.)
LEAVES: Alternate, compound, 7-19 oval leaflets 1"-2" long, margins smooth.
TWIGS: Angled, somewhat zigzag, brittle, with short stout prickles; no end bud, side buds small and hidden in winter.
Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos, pea family) has been implicated in causing similar toxic signs, but the information on this is not clear.
The black locust often grows in little groves. It produces root suckers. Foresters consider it a medium-growing species. The trunk grows about a quarter of an inch per year.
15. Honey Locust
(Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis)
Other Common Names: Thornless Honeylocust
Family: Leguminosae ...
BACKGROUND: Black locust has been planted extensively for its nitrogen fixing abilities, as a source of nectar for honeybees, and for fenceposts and hardwood lumber. The clonal pattern of growth and connected roots are promoted for erosion control.
#732 Valerianella locusta
Common Names: corn salad, fetticus, mache, lamb's lettuce, feldsalat, nut lettuce
Family: Valerianaceae (valerian Family)
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roe-BIN-ee-ah Common Name: Locust
The genus Robinia is made up of anywhere from a handful to 20 species of deciduous trees and shrubs from woodland and thickets of North America.
( Allegheny Moss Locust )
This is a suckering, erect, deciduous shrub or small tree with spines only on flower stalks. Grows to 8 feet tall and 10 feet wide. Dark green leaves are pinnate to 12 inches in length, with 9 to 13 ovate to oblong leaflets.
Look for one on Memorial Way near the honey locust and carob trees. A variety with pale pink flowers grows inside Frost Amphitheater on the slope west of the stage.
Ceratonia siliqua vernac. Algaroba bean , Carob , Locust , St John's bread
Oxford University Botanic Gardens, 6 May
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Plant Database - Trees
Thornless Common Honeylocust
(Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis)
Form ...
honeylocust Fabaceae Gleditsia triacanthos L. symbol: GLTR
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HONEY LOCUST
Honey Locust. By Ralph Kreider. 1981 #1, p 5
HONG KONG ...
Byrsonima - Locustberries
Byrsonima lucida - Long Key Locustberry; Shiny Locustberry
Malpighia - Malpighia Trees
Malpighia glabra - Acerola; Barbados Cherry; Wild Crape Myrtle ...
Honeylocust
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About 14 species of deciduous trees, usually with simple or branched thorns on the branches and trunks. Leaves alternate, compound (pinnate or bipinnate), with as many as 30 leaflets.
---Synonym---Locust Tree
In common language, the term Acacia is often applied to species of the genus Robinia which also belongs to the family Leguminosae, though to a different section.
Valerianella locusta
Fruits and Vegetables
Cool weather crop sown 1.5-2" apart in early spring, or can overwinter if sown in mid-fall, especially in milder climates; set rows 18" apart, and thin to 4" apart.
Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Water-locust
Gleditsia aquatica Marshall ...
Gleditsia (Honeylocust)
Gymnocladus (Kentucky Coffee Tree)
Hibiscadelphus (Hawaaian Mountain Hibiscus) ...
inermis Common Thornless Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis Moraine Honeylocust 'Moraine' Gleditsia triacanthos var.
Locust tree - see Robinia pseudoacacia
Lords-and-ladies - see Arum
Lupin - see Lupinus
Lupinus (Lupin) - somewhat poisonous
Lysichiton (Skunk cabbage) - poisonous; skin & eye irritant
Mandragora (Mandrake) - poisonous ...
The crop is very uncertain owing to droughts; spring frosts and locusts, and, ' in order to avoid a total failure and to allow time for collecting the produce, ...
John's Bread, Locust Bean., Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae)
Ceratostigma sp. (Blue Leadwood, Dwarf Plumbago, Leadwort, Family: Plumbaginaceae)
Ceratozamia robusta, Ceratozamia mexicana var.
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Black Wattle (Callicoma serratifolia)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) ...
Stop 2 (HL) - Honeylocust
Stop 3 (EH) - English Hawthorn
Stop 4 (GA) - Green Ash
Stop 5 (SS) - Shadblow Serviceberry
Stop 6 (HL) - Honeylocust
Stop 7 (WAE) - Washington American Elm
Stop 8 (AA) - American Arborvitae
Stop 9 (CP) - Callery Pear ...
Locust and wild honey
Loquats
Mandarins
Melons
Mulberries
Natal plums
Olives
Oranges. Once, at Par-la-Ville Park - and other places - were orange orchards, introduced to Bermuda from England in 1614.
When the Christian testament says that John lived in the wilderness eating only locusts & wild honey, the Greek word normally translated "locusts" was reintepreted to indicate a plant upon which locusts landed, ...
Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
White Spruce (Picea glauca)
Colorado Blue Spruce (P. pungens)
Mugo Pine (Pinus mugo)
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra) ...
The native species form of Honeylocust (or Thorny Honeylocust) has prominently large single thorns in its juvenile to mid-life canopy, gradually losing this trait as it ages to maturity.
'Brilliant' by Richard Davis and Merriwether Payne of The Ivy Farm, in Locustville, VA. A much deeper rose pink sister of 'Brilliant' with rounded thicker flower clusters, and more consistent color.
Thornless honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis cvs.) Zone 4
Kerria (Kerria japonica) Zone 5
Larch (Larix laricina) Zone 1
Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) Zone 1
Weeping Higan cherry (Prunus subhirtella var. pendula) Zone 5 ...
Gleditsia triacanthos
Honey locust
Fabaceae Family
Compiled by the Master Gardeners
of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.
Construct the trellis with pressure-treated wood to resist decay or a durable type of wood such as cedar or locust. Use 11 to 12.5 gauge high-tensile galvanized steel wire and wire strainers to maintain wire tension.
Acacia de tres espinas (castellano), Acacia negra (castellano), Caesalpinaceae (familia), Espina de Cristo (castellano), Espinheiro da Virginia (gallego y/o portugués), Gleditsia amorphoides (sinónimo), Gleditsia ferox (sinónimo), Honey Locust ...
Plant Bug and Leafhopper Injury on Honeylocust
Imported Willow Leaf Beetle
Iris Borer ...
Medical Uses: The Cherokee treated whooping cough with a tea from the leaves along with the bark of Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).(Hamel/Chiltoskey) ...
THORN
A thorn is a sharp, modified stem. Thorns have a stem-like vascular structure. The honey locust plant has thorns.
sing git mùih méng (meng2)  檬  (type of locust oracacia)
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Cassia marilandica (Leguminosae) - This member of the Pea family can used medicinally as a "cathartic", and many over-the-counter laxitives contain the asian relatives of this plant. It is also known as "Locust Plant", and blooms in mid summer.
Fire along the edges of rainforest patches.
Invasion of weeds, particularly Lantana, exotic vines and Honey Locust (Gleditsia species).
Browsing and trampling by stock.
Widening and maintenance of roads.
It is also immune to locusts and other pests. The bush is covered with dark, glossy, green leaves. It has greenish-white flowers that grow in long clusters.
The Green Lake PCC Natural Market (7504 Aurora Ave N) parking lot has some in the NE corner (with a Black Locust), the tallest about 17.5 feet. South Seattle Community College Arboretum has some, up to 22 feet tall.
Do not till the soil while it's wet, because that results in hard, compacted soil. Select plant varieties such as lilacs, barberries, hydrangeas, honey locusts and crab apples that tolerate clay soils.
 See also: Green, May, Acacia, Maple, Rose
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