This suckering tree has a single erect trunk with irregular prickly spreading branches that form a dome crown. It has divided yellow green leaflets that tuning yellow in autumn and the perfumed pea-shaped white flowers appear in pendant clusters in spring. 

Hardiness zones 3 to 10

Robinia pseudoacacia is naturally found in North America from Pennsylvania to Georgia and west to Missouri growing in woodlands and tolerating most well drained, moderately fertile to poor soils. It prefers an open sunny position and is drought, frost, pollution and salt tolerant. 

False Acacia is grown for its domed habit and flowers. It is planted in parks and large gardens as a lawn specimen for shade and the used in groups plantings on embankments for erosion control. It is also used in perfume gardens, establishing in 2 to 4 years and is long lived. It may cause problems with suckering stems in domestic gardens and has spines on the branches. The cultivar 'Frisia' has fewer spines in bright yellow foliage and is more commonly planted. ID 354

Robinia (ro-BIN-ee-a) pseudoacacia (sood-a-kay-see-a)

'Robinia': after French botanists Jean & Vespasian Robin; 'pseudoacacia': false acacia.
The bark sprouts and foliage is harmful to parrots, cockatoos and Senegal parrots if eaten.

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)