About this episode

This episode discusses the characteristics and uses of the Black Locust tree, including its durability and invasive nature.

Today I feature Black Locust and talk about how it was/is used for tree nails, how it resists rot for a hundred years in ground contact and how it invades and colonizes the soil around it for total world domination. Its a tough and imperialistic tree, what is not to love?

Topics covered

• Black Locust
• tree nails
• rot resistance
• soil colonization
• imperialistic trees

Keywords

• Black Locust
• tree nails
• rot resistance
• invasive species
• durability

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