Street Black Locust

Basisdaten

street black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Monophylla') leaf
street black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Monophylla') leaf
  • street black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Monophylla') leaf
  • street black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Monophylla') leaf underside
  • street black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Monophylla') tree in summer
  • street black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Monophylla') trunk / bark
description: 

This medium-high black locust is often planted as a roadside green when the tree should not be very large. 

 

The Straßenrobinie is a cultivated form of black locust. The black locust is native to North America now widely represented in Europe, North Africa and Asia. The locust can fix nitrogen in the soil and thus help to improve the soil.

Tree profile

name botanical: 
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Monophylla'
family: 
Legume or pea or bean family (Fabaceae)
species: 
deciduous tree
height: 
up to 15 m (49 ft)
leaf: 

The leaf is up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long, imparipinnate, usually with 3 or 5 leaflets.

leaf shape: 
imparipinnate
leaf margin: 
serrated
leaf position: 
alternate
fall foliage: 
yellow
flowering: 
June
blossom color: 
white
blossom description: 

The flowers are white, fragrant and form long racemes.

gender distribution: 
monoecious / hermaphrodite
fruit: 

The two-shelled legume is brown. The fruits hang on the tree even in winter.

branches: 

The branches are olive green to reddish-green, often with stripes, lenticels and thorny. The buds are barely visible.

bark: 
The bark is dark to light brown.
root: 
Deep-rooting plant - Heart-rooting plant, roots extend beyond the crown area
location: 
Sun to half-shade
soil: 
sandy to sandy-loamy, tolerates lime
ph value: 
slightly acidic to alkaline

Typical fungi for Street Black Locust