ROBINIA pseudoacacia

'Black Locust''False Acacia'. A large, suckering tree, often of pecturesque oriental appearance. Bark rugged and deeply furrowed, twigs with spiny stipules. Leaves elliptic, rich green above, gray-green beneath, yellow in fall. Flowers slightly fragrant, white, with ayellow stain at the base of the standard, produced in long racemes in June. Pods smooth. The bark and young branches are poisonous, particularly to horses.(3)