The Locust Tree « Phenology and Place in New Vrindaban

The Locust Tree

20May07

The black locust, also known as yellow locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), is in bloom. Some years ago my daughter found a very young locust with pink blossoms on the brick road, halfway between the temple and the Palace. Unfortunately, one of our ever-changing landscape maintenance crew cut it down. I believe that it was a specimen of clammy locust (Robinia viscosa), as described in my Audubon Society Field Guide to Trees.

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--the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena, esp. in relation to climate and plant and animal life (Oxford Amer. College Dictionary).
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"One definition of place, proposed by geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, is that a place comes into existence when humans give meaning to a part of the larger, undifferentiated geographic space. . . . Some places, however, have been given stronger meanings, names or definitions by society than others. These are the places that are said to have a strong "Sense of Place." Places said to have a strong "sense of place" have a strong identity and character that is deeply felt by local inhabitants and by many visitors. . . . Such a feeling may be derived from the natural environment, but is more often made up of a mix of natural and cultural features in the landscape, and generally includes the people who occupy the place." --from Wikipedia
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