Is this Black locust?

[sieddy]

Hi Guys as per the thread heading am i right thinking that this is Robinia pseudoaccacia? I've spotted a few of these round my city now and some are harvestable saplings on wasteground so I'm keen to cut some and see how it goes. Cheers Si 😎

[sieddy]

Sorry the pics aren't great here they are flipped!

[GlisGlis]

Yes
it's a nice wood to work

[sieddy]

Ha, ha- i thought they would come out portrait oriented that time! 

[sieddy]

Thanks GlisGlis! ☺

[BowEd]

In the spring that stuff will flower too if you notice.

[sieddy]

I had noticed Ed, its really lovely. I wasn't sure as i thought it might be honey locust, which flowers too i believe, but I'm confident now. I think ill wait for the sap to rise before i cut any though!

[BowEd]

Great it's good stuff!!!One of the top 3 bow woods that I like that's for sure.

[Pat B]

Black locust has thorns on the outer branches.

[sieddy]

Cheers Pat. these trees definitely have thorns but not too many. I read that honey locust was very thorny and that's one of the reasons i IDed these trees as BL.

[Pat B]

Honey locust had large, multi thorn clusters all over the trunk(except the thornless varieties) but not on the small branches where the black locust has thorns only on the smaller branches.

[sieddy]

Thanks for that info Pat. These wonderful woody organisms are endlessly fascinating right. I also read that black and honey locust are completely unrelated species!?!

[George Tsoukalas]

What Pat said and the flowers of BL are white. Jawge

[sieddy]

Thanks for your input George.

[Pat B]

Honey locust is Gleditisia triacanthos. The "triacanthos" part means 3 thorns, referring to the cluster of thorns on the trunk. It is in the family Fabaceae.
Black locust is Robina pseudoacacia. It is also of the Fabaceae family...so they are distant cousins.