Can invasive species become valuable resources? Black locust trees reveal the opportunities and challenges of market-based ...

If you have ever walked through a patch of woodland in Maine and spotted a tall, fast-growing tree with clusters of white, fragrant flowers hanging from its branches, you may have been looking at ...

Black locust trees were once hailed as an ecological solution to some of Germany’s most degraded lands and were planted extensively to stabilise the post-mining lands, enrich poor soil and capture ...

Plants need nitrogen to grow. Many legumes meet this need through a symbiotic relationship: They harbor bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to the plant. Until now, it was ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Black locust is a member of the legume family; it can “fix nitrogen” in the soil. It is native to the Appalachian Mountains, from Pennsylvania to Alabama. However, in the last century, it has spread ...

ST. PAUL — October's Weed of the Month is a tree called black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). Black locust is native to North America but not native to Minnesota. It has been widely planted as an ...

I have received several inquiries from readers about the many roadside trees turning brown this summer. The question is usually, “What is killing all of those trees?” The trees in question are likely ...

Q: A couple of doors down from our home there is a large, round-headed shaped tree in the yard that has fairly large clusters of white blooms. Sort of shaped like a cluster of grapes. When we asked ...

The coming of autumn often makes trees harder to identify — but sometimes, it does the opposite. The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a case in point. In summer, its bluish-green, oval-shaped, ...

This woodturning project with black locust revealed an incredible surprise inside the blank. The outer surface gave no hint of the striking grain and color patterns hidden within. Republican ...