Black Locust Wood
Black locust is the national tree of Hungary and the basis of their forestry industry.
Black locust wood. Black Locust is a safe environmentally friendly alternative to Pressure Treated and Tropical Hardwoods. Black Locust tends to be slightly heavier harder and with more of a green or yellow tinge while Honey Locust tends to have a warmer. Black Locust is the strongest and most rot-resistant wood indigenous to North America.
The black locust tree is a hardwood but its unique because it grows faster than most softwoods. Black Locust wood serves as an alternative to chemically-treated lumber which is treated with a wide variety of Red List chemicals. Black locust Robinia Pseudoacacia is native to North America and grows prolifically in the Mid West ArkansasOklahoma as well as New England and the Northeast.
Black locust is easily recognized by its leaves and paired spines. Although it shares a similar common name with Honey Locust the two arent in the same genus Robinia and Gleditsia respectively. A plentiful renewable resource that is well suited for all outdoor wood uses.
Black locust wood is rot resistant in contact with the soil and this unusual quality played a key role in a major Vermont landscape shift. Black Locust is a very hard and strong wood competing with Hickory Carya genus as the strongest and stiffest domestic timber. Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia as it has come to be called offers superb qualities.
Burned a cord of black locust throws off the heat of a ton of coal. However it is primarily used as a kitchen top or a bathroom countertop because of its aesthetics. Black Locust wood is a sustainable alternative to endangered tropical hardwoods chemically treated lumber and decay-prone woods.
Although Black Locust shares a similar name with Honey Locust the two arent the same. Robinia pseudoacacia commonly known in its native territory as black locust is a medium-sized hardwood deciduous tree belonging to the tribe Robinieae. Merino sheep were brought to Vermont and farmstead after farmstead established pastures as they raised sheep.