The silviculture of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in Hungary: a review.

Black locust was introduced in Hungary between 1710 and 1720. The first large black locust forests were established at the beginning of the 18th century on the Great Hungarian Plain stabilizing the windblown sandy soil. In the country, black locust occupied 37.000 ha in 1885, 109.000 ha in 1911, 186.000 ha in 1938 and 415.000 ha in 2009. At present, it is the most widely planted species in Hungary, covering 23% of the country’s total forest area. One-third of these stands are high forests and two-third of them are of coppice origin. In the 1960s, Hungary had more black Abstract