Black locust (dt. Robinie), Robinia pseudoacacia
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 02:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mothwingThis is my favourite tree.
They're the greatest import ever, right up there with the potato.
At this time of the year, they're in bloom all over the city. Most of the trees in the inner city are ill, of course, but they're pretty, and so fragrant. I love the dark brown, furrowed bark, and leaves that look so fragile compared to the stem, and the flowers most of all. These trees are so resilient that they're often planted alongside streets and avenues, and Hamburg has a lot of those.
The bark as well as the seeds are poisonous, the wood is hard and flexible at the same time, they attracts bees and they have their really fragrant smell. The trees tolerate exhaust and other fumes really well and they can grow on poor soils, they're pioneer plant.
I love them.
They're the greatest import ever, right up there with the potato.
At this time of the year, they're in bloom all over the city. Most of the trees in the inner city are ill, of course, but they're pretty, and so fragrant. I love the dark brown, furrowed bark, and leaves that look so fragile compared to the stem, and the flowers most of all. These trees are so resilient that they're often planted alongside streets and avenues, and Hamburg has a lot of those.
The bark as well as the seeds are poisonous, the wood is hard and flexible at the same time, they attracts bees and they have their really fragrant smell. The trees tolerate exhaust and other fumes really well and they can grow on poor soils, they're pioneer plant.
I love them.
