Chris Crandall ) wrote:

: Not all locust is the same.

: *Black* locust is extraordinarily resistant to critters and rot.
: Honey locust (much more widely available) is not particularly durable (the
: technical term for rot resistance).

: The two locusts are as far apart in qualities as red and white oak.

I checked--they're not even the same genus; they're no more similar than
western hemlock and douglas fir.