Are Robinia Trees Invasive?

Robinia is considered invasive, threatening especially dry and semi-dry grasslands, some of the most species-rich and endangered types of habitat in the region, causing extinction of many endangered light-demanding plants and invertebrates due to changes in light regime, microclimate and soil conditions.

How fast do Robinia trees grow?

Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia' is a stunning upright, medium sized ornamental tree that will grow to approximately 8 x 4 metres in 20 years.

Where is Robinia pseudoacacia native to?

Native Range

central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. Outlying populations appear in southern Indiana and Illinois, Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia (26).