How to ID Black Locust Tree - Wild Edible
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- Everyone knows that popular plants like rose or lavender smell nice, but have you heard about Black Locust? This tree has beautiful blooms that come out in the Springtime and they have the most AMAZING aroma!!
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is an amazing tree for so many reasons. For us foragers, it's because the flowers are edible!
In the next video, we're going to look at how to make an amazing flower syrup with them, but first, we need to learn how to identify it!
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I forgot to mention, all parts of the plant except for the blossoms are toxic! We'll be discussing that more in the next video. Have you every used Black Locust before?
I have never eaten one or heard of it and I live in Utah... we may live in the same country, but it might as well be another one with how diverse things are from one end to another. I sure have heard of its relative wisteria though.... which isn't edible in any way because the whole plant is toxic. As a side note it may be good to touch on visibly similar plants that are dangerous that look like edible plants in the video so people know to avoid them.... or think twice about foraging for them with reckless abandon.
The flowers are so delicious!
The Black Locust & Honey Locust is beautiful wood for woodworking……… Beautiful coloration ❤……… The wood has the coolest trick, the wood glows under black light in the dark ❤
The honey bees make from these blossoms is my favorite of all time. I found an apiary with these trees
In north western New York off lake Erie.
The tree is also a nitrogen fixer. I had one pop up in the field behind my house where I'm trying to grow blackberries and decided to let it stay. I agree...the flowers are my favorites fragrance. Wish I had a black locust perfume!
Black locust lumber glows under uv light, which makes for a cool look for woodworking projects
Now in bloom in KY. Wow, its beautiful fragrance will stop you in your tracks.
Agreed!
I agree it's the most amazing scent ever. My favourite.
:)
The wood glows under uv light
I just discovered your channel (less than an hour ago) while searching for more info on wild lettuce. So, I have a tree that's very similar looking to this Black Locust. I don't think it is, however, because, although the leaflettes grow in the same pattern, the leaves grow on opposite sides of the same location. Additionally, there are no thorns, and this one that I have looks more like a really tall, overgrown bush than it does a tree. It branches out from the bottom like crazy. I am really glad I found this; now I will not confuse it by accident. Thank you!
Your tree could be a Honey Locust the trees share same characteristics ❤
Have 3 in my yard here in NY State. About 20-25 years old. They pop around the first of June....and Wow... What a fantastic scent!!
We have a lot of them here in France. The smell is everywhere in south France in spring. It reminds me of jasmin
In Pennsylvania, I have a house with a shared dryway in the woods. The whole thing is black locust and honeysuckles. A few weeks ago it was like heaven to get the mail. I love both smells so much.
Black locust blossoms has the scent of happiness. And it seems like such a short window for happiness. Looking forward to catching the scent on the wind this spring. I didn't know they're edible though.
I always thought that the flowers and pods were poisonous as a natural defense, and the honey locust had vicious thorns as a defense.
Black locust is also a extremely hard wood once cured making great sled runners and fence posts
I know that tree very well; I have many of them in our family property in Oklahoma.
Thanks 👍
Thanks SO MUCH FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE EFFORTS 👍👍🙂
Always welcome! :)
Better than treated lumber for fence or building on the ground ... doesnt rot.
you had me at… the most amazing smell… great video and lots of helpful info.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Jesse. I'm from northeast alabama, and I appreciate your content. Keep up the good work.
Thanks very much!
The bark and flowers
Thanks I picked up some of black locust and looking for a recipe.
Great! Video coming soon. :D
So glad I found you! Can you finish the acorn bread series?
I will try!
thank you well done and very helpful
Haphazard Homestead has a great cocktail how to, using DIY Black Locust Gin.
Nice!
The best honey my bees make is spring black locust honey.....smells like Heaven. Nectar of GOD.
I've heard! If I ever have bees, I'll definitely be planting tons of this tree nearby!
I have a locust that blooms pink blooms in the spring. Love this tree! Drought resistant, it has survived many things over the years that most of my plants didn’t. It has “made” many babies and I now have a little grouping of around 20 . I am not sure if it’s the Purple Robe Black Locust but I finally have it down between 2 types of locust. Mine has the thorns although not as big as most black locust’s
That sounds like it could possibly be Robinia his Pisa or Robinia neomexicana! Probably depends where in the world you are.
@@FeralForaging I live in southern Colorado. Someone also said it might have been grafted into a black locust. Its thorns are dangerous but I was thinking of the honey locust whose thorns are huge.
@@FeralForaging thank you so much I will spots a picture when it blooms this year. Love this tree!!
I would be torn between the fragrance of black locust and milkweed flowers. If you haven't smelled milkweed flowers, you really don't know what you're missing.
COOL 😎, WONDERFUL 😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Reminds me of moringa
How do you tell the difference between black locust, and honey locust?
Black Locust generally has bigger, rounder leaves akin to a Persian Silk "Mimosa" tree with similar reactivity.
Adult Honey Locusts also have HUGE, often compound thorns on them, Black Locust gets single thorns that generally dont get much over a inch and largely lose them in adulthood.
Black Locust has very toxic bark, though, so be cautious.
Just working at removing a thorny tree in my weedy area. Then google imaged to find out why and what it is.
I just cut one of these down it was hard as a rock and thorny.
It'd be helpful if you contrasted the tree to similar trees we might get it confused with. Otherwise great video!
What are the black locust flowers used for other than snacking and smelling?
Is the wood usable?
In the Southeast farmers use the wood for fence posts because they won't rot for at least 50 years in the ground.
Love eating black locust.
Same! It's delicious no matter how you prepare it. :D
Moss lykins pop up sometimes
I absolutely love making flower jellies. Since these can be made into syrup, can they be used for jelly also? I hope you show close-ups of the flowers in the cleaning/preparing.
Definitely! They can be used for jelly, though I haven't made it with the flower in particular before. Were there not enough close ups in this video? Let me know!
@@FeralForaging oh no, the video is great! I belong to another foraging group where there is always discussion or controversy over leaving any amount of stem at the hip of a flower or anything other than strictly petals. Just curious, that's all. 🙂
I've recently found your videos and I absolutely love what you do. Keep up the great work!
Hey Rebecca, glad you liked it! Hmm, would that be in regards to toxicity of the other parts of the tree?
Yes, in regards to toxicity. So I'm curious about the details of flower prep for consumption. 🙂
Do I make some and sell
are any of the attractive features also applied to Robinia Neomexicana ? Any one know if they smell good during bloom? i see them all the time in the santa catilina mts.
I’m afraid I have no experience with that species of Robinia. Looking at photos of it, I’d be surprised if it didn’t also have a pleasant aroma!
Black cherry tree, while pruning.
Absolutely! I love love that smell. Even better when stripping the bark of a fallen log. :D
Nice, thank you. God is good. Is there a look alike poisonous tree?
I have Honey Locusts trees near me
Hi are you able to send seeds of this tree that I could grow in Canada?
I pickle them when they’re not fully open, make soup, raw veggies
Sounds delicious!
@@FeralForaging it’s good you should try
Is this the tree that are used in playgrounds today, when they call it a "Robinie" playground, made by wood? It must be very good wood?
Had to look this up. I believe you are correct. Yes, the wood is awesome for all kinds of things, burning for heat and using for building!
I'm seeing some sources saying that the seeds are edible. is that not the case?
I've seen conflicting reports. Haven't tried myself so far.
Does black locust attract bees? Nature bees?
I have read that it does and that they make amazing honey with it!
We have pink or purple in Arkansas can you eat them
Very cool! Would that be a different species?
I will try to send a pic
@@johnnyhouse407 thanks for sending!
In internet it says it's toxic, I'm confused
You say Alabama.
How come you sound like Vermont?
Why didn’t you show us how to eat it? You didn’t even go outside.
Locust also fix nitrogen to the soil