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Clammy Locust
Robinia viscosa
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
black locustRobinia pseudoacacia
Bristly locustRobinia hispida
false indigo bushAmorpha fruticosa
Fence Post TreeGliricidia sepium
Locust Leafroller MothSciota subcaesiella
Chrysaster ostensackenella
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 864 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 195 |
| New York | 165 |
| Ukraine | 153 |
| North Carolina | 116 |
| Tennessee | 102 |
| Hungary | 102 |
| South Carolina | 90 |
| Massachusetts | 64 |
| Kyiv | 61 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Tree growth formListed by a harvested source as having a tree growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | Locust Trees · Robinia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Clammy Locust with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.