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black locust: see locust locust, in botany, any species of the genus Robinia, deciduous trees or shrubs of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family) native to the United States and Mexico. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The rare and critically imperiled Kelsey locust, a small relative of black locust with narrow leaves and pink flowers, grows in the wild only in the western mountains of North Carolina. However, for those folks looking for other varieties of trees or who don't want to grow a tree from seed, consider ordering one of the special tree kits that include such names as Audubon English Oak, Saratoga Black Locust, Lover's Live Oak or the Elvis Presley Weeping Willow. After breaking through quarantine in Brooklyn and Queens last fall, the beetles have been sucking the life-blood out of maple, horse chestnut, poplar, willow, elm, ash and black locust with virtual impunity on their long march to the hardwood forests of New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. |
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