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Compared to honey locust trees black locust tree leaves are a darker green color. A black locust leaf is a unique blueish green color that is usually paler on its underside. Black Locust V Honey Locust Broadleaf Tree Identification By Virens Latin For Greening Via Flickr Tree Identification Honey Locust Plant Leaves The wood is very strong and often used in posts. Black locust leaf . The leaves of Black locust is odd-pinnate with 9-19 leaflets. The black locust is deciduous so that it leaves are only visible for part of a year. The black locust makes only a light shade and a thin leaf litter over the surface of the ground. The leaves on black locust trees are pinnately compound and grow to about 10 25 cm long. A compound leaf contains many leaflets per leaf. It is therefore very desirable to interplant locusts with other trees that have heavy foliage and that are also slower growing so as not to overtop the locusts. Click on images of Black Locust to enlarge. The ...