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Robinia pseudoacacia
black locust, false acacia, yellow locust
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Robinia pseudoacacia L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Fabales, Family Fabaceae, Genus Robinia, Species Robinia pseudoacacia


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:		O
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		KS: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Aztec Ruins National Monument	Bandelier National Monument
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Camp Nelson National Monument
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Capitol Reef National Park
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chamizal National Memorial	Channel Islands National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Colonial National Historical Park	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site	Fire Island National Seashore
Flight 93 National Memorial	Fort Circle Parks
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Frederica National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park	John Muir National Historic Site
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Manzanar National Historic Site
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	Minute Man National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Mojave National Preserve	Monocacy National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park	Natchez Trace Parkway
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Olympic National Park
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Petersburg National Battlefield
Pipe Spring National Monument	Piscataway Park
Point Reyes National Seashore	Prince William Forest Park
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Saratoga National Historical Park
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Shenandoah National Park
Shiloh National Military Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
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Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	2/2/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/1/2025 2:14:47 PM

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