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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Robinieae
  8. Locust Trees

genus

Locust Trees

Robinia

Traits
Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Black Locust native
  • Bristly Locust native
  • New Mexico Locust native
  • Clammy Locust native
  • Idaho Locust
  • Margarett's Locust
  • Robinia × holdtii

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native locust trees All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia caterpillars 72 hosts 11 food 34 flowers 68
  • Bristly Locust Robinia hispida caterpillars 33 hosts 2 food 1 flowers 3
  • Clammy Locust Robinia viscosa caterpillars 29 hosts 2 food 2 flowers 1
  • New Mexico Locust Robinia neomexicana caterpillars 25 hosts 1 food 5 flowers 5

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