INSIDE SPROUT: DISGUST (BLACK LOCUST)

Welcome to Inside Sprout, a 5 part mini-series on trees that best embody and illicit our most basic human emotions. Today we start with disgust and the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia). This tree is almost universally despised for its invasiveness, but has found a very important and loving niche for itself in the woodworking community.

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Additional Reading:

Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
That wood
A Natural History of North American Trees