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[Art Petrzelka <art@complum.com>]

On Sunday 06 July 2003 21:26, HDessureault wrote:
> The thorny locust is Black Locust, which is really an acacia. The thorns
> ARE dangerous.
> Hélène

I didn't say it too well the first time, but people use the same names to 
describe different trees.
http://www.treeguide.com/Species.asp?SpeciesID=940&Region=World
For black locust, it lists:
Common name:  yellow locust, white locust, common locust, honey locust 

I bet if I looked up honey locust it would show me black locust as a common 
name.

I usually qualify them as black locust, the one that's good for fenceposts 
(Robinia pseudoacacia), and honey locust, the one that spreads bad and has 
nasty thorns (Gleditsia triacanthos). I decided to finally lookup the 
scientific names, otherwise, I'm going to ......

This is worse than dialects, like pronunciation of creek/crick or pop/soda or 
water fountain/bubbler.....    ;-)
-- 
Art Petrzelka
Amana, Iowa