. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. ^e>' BLACK LOCUST (YeUow Locust) {Robinia pseiidacacia L.) THE black locust occurs throughout the northern half of the State and in all soils and conditions of moisture except in swamps. It is found as a forest tree only in the mountains, where it attains a height of 80 to 100 feet and a diameter of 30 inches. Throughout the other sections of the State it occurs generally in thickets on clay banks or waste places, or singly along fence rows. The twigs and branchlets are armed with straight o r slightly cu
. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. ^e>' BLACK LOCUST (YeUow Locust) {Robinia pseiidacacia L.) THE black locust occurs throughout the northern half of the State and in all soils and conditions of moisture except in swamps. It is found as a forest tree only in the mountains, where it attains a height of 80 to 100 feet and a diameter of 30 inches. Throughout the other sections of the State it occurs generally in thickets on clay banks or waste places, or singly along fence rows. The twigs and branchlets are armed with straight o r slightly curved sharp, strong spines, sometimes as much as 1 inch in length which remain attach- ed to the outer bark for many years. The bark is dark brown and divides into strips as the tree grows older. The leaves are pin- nate, or feather-like, from 6 to 10 inches in length consisting of from 7 to 19 ob- long thin leaflets. The flowers are fragrant, white or cream-colored, and appear i n early spring in graceful pendant racemes. The fruit is a pod from 3 to 5 inches long containing 4 to 8 small hard seeds which ripen late in the fall. The pod splits open during the winter, discharging the seeds. Some seeds usually remain attached to each half of the pod, and this acts as a wing upon which the seeds are borne to considerable distances before the strong .spring winds. The wood is yellow in color, coarse-grained, very heavy, very hard, strong, and very durable in con- tact with the soil. It is used extensively for fence posts, poles, tree nails, insulator pins and occasion- ally for lumber and BLACK LOCUST Leaf, one-third natural sizo. Twig, two-thirds natural size. 64. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mattoon, Wilbur R. (Wilbur Reed), 1875-1941; Burleigh, Thomas Dearborn. Athens, Ga.
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