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Clammy Locust

Robinia viscosa

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

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

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Height
Up to about 40 feet
Light
Partial shade, Full shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to moist
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
May to July
Fruiting season
July to August

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 3 West Virginia counties.

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.

All habitats

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
3BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Robinia

  • Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
  • Columba liviaRock Pigeon
  • Oreortyx pictusMountain Quail
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Fabaceae
Flower color
Pink
Fruit begins
July
Fruit ends
August

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

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

West Virginia rankSNA
Global rankG3
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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