Austrian winemakers have a history of using black locust barrels. Heart rot is the only significant disease affecting black locust. They also have been observed eating fermenting frass from "Megacyllene robiniae" on black locust trees. Host plants include maples, dogwoods, hawthorns, willows, elms, privet, black locust, and elder. Stands of great sycamore, beech, maple and black locust trees line the river banks. It was constructed of double planked mahogany over black locust frames and an oak keel. Black Locust imparts a yellow tint to the wine. The suckers allow black locust to grow into colonies which often exclude other species. Black locust reaches a typical height of with a diameter of . Black locust is still in use in some rustic handrail systems. Black locust is a part of the Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests. In this sense, black locust can often grow as a weed tree. Black locust reproduces both sexually via flowers, and asexually via root suckers. Black locust has been found to have either 2n=20 or 2n=22 chromosomes. Black locust does not do well on compacted, clayey or eroded soils.