Beautiful Fragrance - What Kind of Tree is this?

[Cambium]

As I was sitting on that bench in this picture I was overwhelmed by an awesome sweet fragrance! Almost like Lemon Plant blooms.

It came from this tree dropping little flowers. Anyone know what kind of tree this is? I can look it up but figure I share it with you too.

Flowers

Bark

Leaves

 

[Ikeholt]

That's finest tree God gave to mankind, in my opinion. Black locust.

 

[WhisperingCreek]

Black locust
Best firewood around.

 

[Ronaldo]

Agree. Looks like a Locust.

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[Cambium]

Thanks guys! I tried this site to identify it. After answering a bunch of questions it gave me this. Not sure its right

https://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/

So then I Googled White Ash fragrance and I came across an Ash tree called Fragrance Ash. I wonder if that's it. Did I find a Gem? I don't see these trees a lot.
https://www.americanforests.org/big-trees/fragrant-ash-fraxinus-cuspidata-2/

 

[Cambium]

Black Locust looks like it too actually. Thanks! https://naturewalk.yale.edu/trees/fabaceae/robinia-pseudoacacia/black-locust-false-acacia-44

 

[Multifaceted]

Definitely black locust.

 

[tomtom85]

Sure it's not honey locust ?

 

[tomtom85]

Nevermind just looked at the bark

 

[Woody912]

That's finest tree God gave to mankind, in my opinion. Black locust.

Strangely enough I consider black locust to be a member of the weed family. It does burn great once you deal with the nasty slimy bark but I don't care for the smell and it spreads very badly into fields if one does not mow regularly and grows from the roots. I chained on to one once and pulled up 3. Not very long lived and bad to lose tops and uproot once they reach old age at around 80 yrs.

 

[cantoo]

Do you have a picture of the other side of the tree?

 

[Marine5068]

As I was sitting on that bench in this picture I was overwhelmed by an awesome sweet fragrance! Almost like Lemon Plant blooms.

It came from this tree dropping little flowers. Anyone know what kind of tree this is? I can look it up but figure I share it with you too.

Flowers

Bark

Leaves

Black Locust.
Hard and dense.
Great firewood and great furniture wood with lots of character.
Season it for a couple years or more and the heat it puts off is wonderful.

 

[Marine5068]

Nevermind just looked at the bark

You can differentiate the Black from Honey easily by the leaf.
Black have a fatter leaf and Honey have a narrow/pointy one.

 

[capetrees]

Do you have a picture of the other side of the tree?
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that's a dude

 

[unclemoustache]

But locust doesn’t give off a lemony smell.
I suspect there were some Yew bushes nearby.

 

[Multifaceted]

But locust doesn’t give off a lemony smell.
I suspect there were some Yew bushes nearby.

The flowers have a pleasant scent, a sweet honey aroma. I've heard similar to orange blossoms, but I've never smelled those... As you said, definitely not lemon-like.

 

[CentaurG2]

Good old locust. We have some locust fence post on the property that have been in the ground for many decades. Still so sound I doubt you could drive a nail into one. The super frigate USS Constitution used locust pegs as “treenails” to hold the ship together. I believe some are still going strong.


http://bpcr.net/documents/Miscellaneous/Restoring_Old_Ironsides.htm

 

[tomtom85]

Like this?

 

[Multifaceted]

Good old locust. We have some locust fence post on the property that have been in the ground for many decades. Still so sound I doubt you could drive a nail into one. The super frigate USS Constitution used locust pegs as “treenails” to hold the ship together. I believe some are still going strong.


http://bpcr.net/documents/Miscellaneous/Restoring_Old_Ironsides.htm

While still bada$$, black locust has nothing on lignum vitae, which due to its incredible hardness and wear resistance was used to make shaft bearings on nuclear submarines.

https://www.core77.com/posts/25224/...earings-for-nuclear-submarines-and-more-25224

 

[NCPT]

But locust doesn’t give off a lemony smell.
I suspect there were some Yew bushes nearby.

That's what I was thinking. I had a bush growing in the yard when I lived in my previous house....old farm house with old yard. I never identified the bush but it had a strong lemon smell during the spring.