#1752 most planted
Robinia viscosa
Clammy locust · also Robiniya kleikaya, Clammy-bark locust
Deciduous
20
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
4
cities
9.8 in
median trunk (25 cm, 11 measured)
22 yr
median age (70% have a planting date)
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Robinia viscosa, commonly known as clammy locust, is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States. It is known to occur naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 100.00%3.8 yr9.8 in
- 60.00%—5.5 in
- 20.00%—18 in
- 20.00%—36 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.8 in, mean 15 in, 90th percentile 30 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Allegheny Highlands forests
- Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
- Appalachian Piedmont forests
- Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
Other Robinia in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
