Black Locust - introduced (*Robinia pseudoacacia)

Family: Fabaceae (Pea family).

Native of North America.

Occurrence: Scattered.

Identification:

• Black Locust is a thorny tree
• the leaves are divided into leaflets; the leaflets are several centimetres long
• it is deciduous
• it has sprays of white pea-flowers.

Black Locust is sometimes planted in gardens and as a street tree. It spreads by means of seeds and by suckers.

Photo 1: Flowering spray. 2, 3: Pods: Johnstone St, Castlemaine.
4: Copse. Harcourt North. Black Locust can spread by suckering.