Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a deciduous and thorny legume tree that is aggressive and fast-growing. The tree’s bark is grayish-brown and furrowed with long, scaly ridges. Honey locusts ...

Plants need nitrogen to grow. Many legumes meet this need through a symbiotic relationship: They harbor bacteria that fix ...

The trees you now see throughout the county with the showy white flowers are probably black locust trees. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a medium-sized tree with a single small leaf and thorns ...

Here’s a question I asked myself, included here because I’ve noticed so many golden locust trees struggling this spring: Q: My golden locust tree (Robinia pseudocacia ‘Frisia’) has lots of dead ...

Q: This past spring, I had a honey locust tree cut down and the trunk ground up, hoping to grow grass in the space. However, during this hot, humid summer, hundreds of little trees have sprouted all ...

Plant breeders keep hoping for a big success. The tough Black Locust, Robinia pseudoacacia, has been crossed several times with the shrub-like Clammy Locust, Robinia viscosa. The tall and graceful ...

I continue our look at some of the rather common, yet often lesser known Indiana trees with the locusts. Now, when the name locust comes up in a conservation, it is usually of some insect. The ...

Black locust tree shows promise for biomass potential. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 25, 2026 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 06 / 130613133615.htm University of Illinois College of ...

In some areas of the state, black locust trees have taken on a brown color. This is due to activity of locust leafminer, which results in trees that appear scorched. The adults feed on lower leaf ...

If plants were capable of expressing emotions similar to humans, area mesquite trees might literally turn green with envy and become jealous of another area leguminous tree species. This inhabitant of ...

Q: We are curious about the locust trees. They typically are one of the last trees to get leaves in spring and usually begin losing their leaves in mid-August. This year, they were a little later ...