Black Locust

Mature Height: Up to around 60.0 feet

Planting Distance: 6.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Root Depth: 36 inches

Growth Form: Multiple Stem

Growth Rate: Rapid

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Spring

Seasonal Growth: Spring

Evergreen: No

Fall Colors: No

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Clay Soil Tolerance: Yes

Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: High

Flood Tolerance: Low

Fire Tolerance: High

Salt Tolerance: Medium

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Monarchs; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds

Larval Species depending on Black Locust: Actias luna luna, Agonopterix robiniella, Alsophila pometaria, Anticarsia gemmatalis, Archips argyrospila, Automeris io io, Automeris iris hesselorum, Caloptilia stigmatella, Catocala amestris, Celiptera frustulm, Ceratomia amyntor, Chrysaster ostensackenella, Chrysopeleia purpuriella, Ecdytolopha insiticiana, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Epargyreus clarus, Epargyreus clarus clarus, Erynnis icelus, Erynnis zarucco, Erynnis zarucco zarucco, Etiella zinckenella, Euparthenos nubilis, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Filatima pseudacaciella, Halysidota tessellaris, Heliomata cycladata, Hyalophora cecropia, Hypena scabra, Hypercompe scribonia, Hyphantria cunae, Lophocampa caryae, Lophocampa maculata, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma californica pluvialis, Malacosoma disstria, Nematocampa filamentaria, Nematocampa limbata, Nematocampa resistaria, Nephopterix subcaesiella, Nephopterix subfuscella, Nephopterix virgatella, Oiketicus toumeyi, Orgyia leucostigma, Papaipema nebris, Paranthrene robiniae, Parectopa lespedexaefoliella, Parectopa robiniella, Pero honestaria, Phyllonorycter fitchella, Phyllonorycter gemmea, Phyllonorycter robiniella, Prionoxystus robiniae, Pseudanthracia coracias, Pyrrhia umbra, Schizura concinna, Schizura unicornis, Semiothisa aemulataria, Semiothisa nigrocomma, Semiothisa ocellinata, Sinoe robiniella, Syssphinx albolineata, Syssphinx bicolor, Syssphinx hubbardi, Tetracis cachexiata, Thorybes ephemeraeformis, Zale undularis, Zale unilineata, Zeuzera pyrina