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Boyntons Locust; Bristly Locust; Rose Acacia; Rose Locust

Robinia hispida var. hispida

Found in woodlands and forests, and as an escape in disturbed areas and roadsides. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not scored

Native status: sources disagree, under review. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

County records are not available.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

60CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Robinia

  • Epargyreus clarusSilver-spotted Skipper
  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Acronicta americanaAmerican Dagger
  • Actias lunaLuna Moth
  • Agonopterix robiniellaFour-Dotted Agonopterix Moth, Locust Leaffolder
  • Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
  • Anticarsia gemmatalisVelvetbean Caterpillar Moth
  • Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
  • Aroga trialbamaculellaRed-Striped Fireworm Moth
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
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  • Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
  • Caloptilia stigmatellaPoplar Caloptilia
  • Catocala habilisHabilis Underwing
  • Catocala illectaMagdalen Underwing
  • Catocala whitneyiWhitney's Underwing
  • Celiptera frustulumBlack Bit Moth
  • Ceratomia amyntorElm Sphinx
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Colias philodiceClouded Sulphur, Clover Butterfly
  • Dasylophia anguinaBlack-Spotted Prominent
  • Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
  • Digrammia ocellinataFaint-Spotted Angle
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
  • Ecdytolopha insiticianaLocust Twig Borer Moth
  • Euparthenos nubilisLocust Underwing
  • Filatima pseudacaciellaDusky-Backed Filatima
  • Gesta icelusDreamy Duskywing
  • Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanumDotted Gymnast, Dotted Ecdytolopha
  • Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
  • Heliomata cycladataCommon Spring Moth, Stout Locust Looper
  • Heliomata infulataRare Spring Moth
  • Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
  • Hypercompe scriboniaGiant Leopard Moth, Great Leopard Moth
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Lophocampa caryaeHickory Tussock Moth, Hickory Tiger Moth
  • Lophocampa maculataSpotted Tussock Moth, Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth
  • Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
  • Mellilla xanthometataOrange Wing
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Norape cretataWhite Flannel Moth
  • Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Parectopa robiniellaLocust Digitate Leafminer
  • Pero honestariaHonest Pero
  • Prionoxystus robiniaeCarpenterworm Moth, Black Locust Borer, Cottonwood Borer
  • Psilocorsis cryptolechiellaBlack-Fringed Leaftier
  • Pyrrhia ciliscaAmerican Bordered Sallow, Noble Sun Moth
  • Sciota subcaesiellaLocust Leafroller
  • Sciota virgatellaBlack-Spotted Leafroller
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Syssphinx bicolorHoney Locust Moth
  • Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Tlascala reductellaTlascala Moth, Honey Locust Leafroller
  • Zale undularisBlack Zale
  • Zale unilineataOne-Lined Zale
  • Chrysopeleia purpuriella
  • Sinoe robiniella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
1BirdsRecorded eating Robinia in West Virginia

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes West Virginia, most records first.

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab)

Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Birds that eat Robinia 1

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
FABACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

West Virginia rankSNA
Global rankG4T4
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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