Native to Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia; introduced into 54 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, and Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Stokes
36.411917, -80.27625
Location Remarks
Hanging Rock State Park
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Robinia
Specific Epithet
hispida
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.4
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#260,649 of 335,497
Top 78%
Extinction probability
6%