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Re: Black locust

I see quite a few Black Locusts in wooded areas near St. Louis where I live. 
According to Trees of Missouri by Carl Settergren and R.E. McDermott, 
published by the University of Missouri Extension, Robinia pseudoacacia was 
originally native to only part of the Ozark region of Missouri but now is 
distributed throughout much of the state.  This tree was extensively planted 
for windbreaks and reforestation and rapidly escaped cultivation.

I would think it could be a problem near a prairie, as someone on the list 
has already pointed out.  On the other hand, if your prairie is being 
maintained by grazing, mowing or fire and the trees aren't too nearby, they 
are really beautiful and bees love them.  

If you are going to cut the Black Locusts down, do remember that they make a 
very fine and durable wood -- excellent for fenceposts and so forth.  --Janis

In a message dated 2/8/00 4:40:31 PM Central Standard Time, 
slenharth@hotmail.com writes:

> 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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