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Re: Black locust

Scott-I planted some black locust trees on our farm about 25 years ago, and
despite the wonderful flowers and all the insects they attract, they really
are a nuisance.  I would not do it again.  They have continually invaded two
of our reconstructed prairie tracts and I am continually treating the stumps
with herbicide.  They are very difficult to get rid of.  

I would work on management and my vote would be try and remove all the
nearby trees or the problem will never go away.

Carl Kurtz
Central Iowa
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>From: "Scott Lenharth" <slenharth@hotmail.com>
>To: prairie@mallorn.com
>Subject: Black locust
>Date: Tue, Feb 8, 2000, 10:39 PM
>

>Can anyone comment on the native range of the black locust tree?  There is a 
>colony of it on my land in SW Missouri, and I'm not sure what threat it 
>poses to my prairie acrage.  At least one source listed it as native to the 
>Ozark ecoregion, which is very close.  If this were true, I wouldn't be 
>inclined to try to control it.  There are many sizable trees and sprouts in 
>a quarter acre corner.
>
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