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Bush Honeysuckles
Amur honeysuckle - Lonicera maackii
Morrow honeysuckle - L. morrowii
Tatarian honeysuckle or Twinsisters - L. tatarica
Sweet Breath of Spring - L. fragrantissima
Plant: Upright, tardily deciduous shrubs, multi-stemmed,
dark green opposite leaves, showy white to pink or yellow flowers in spring and
abundant orange to red berries in summer, fall, and winter; from rootsprouts.
Amur to 30 ft (9 m) tall, Morrow to 6.5 ft (2 m) tall, and Tatarian and
Sweet-breath-of-spring to 10 ft (3 m) tall. Amur is tall and spindly in forests
and all four much branched and arching in openings.
Stem: Opposite branched, stems often with flaking bark,
bark light-tan with braided-strand appearance. Older branches hollow.
Leaves: Opposite in 2 rows, tardily deciduous (remaining
into winter), ovate to oblong, 0.8-2.4 in (3-9 cm) long; Amur taper to a
long-slender tip; Morrow, Tatarian and Sweet-breath-of-spring have short-pointed
tips, with all four having rounded to subcordate bases; Amur, Tatarian, and
Sweet-breath-of-spring with hairless leaves, Morrow with wrinkled upper surface
and soft-hairy lower surface, petioles 0.1-0.4 in (2.5-10 mm) long.
Flowers: Feb-Jun. Axillary, 1-2(-3), white to yellow (some
pink to red), 5 petal lips longer than tube, fragrant, similar to Japanese
honeysuckle.
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 Amur honeysuckle
November (Warner Park) |
 Amur Honeysuckle
December (J. Miller) |
Fruit and seeds: Aug-Feb. Spherical berry, green becoming
pink and ripeing to red (sometimes yellow or orange) and glossy, usually paired
in leaf axils, persisting into winter.
Ecology: Aggressive and troublesome exotics in most areas. Often forming
dense thickets. Exotic bush honeysuckles are relatively shade-intolerant and
most often occur in open forests, forest edges, abandoned fields, pastures,
roadsides, and other open, upland habitats. Colonize by rootsprouting and
abundant seeds dispersed widely by birds and other animals.
Exotic Pest Plant Control Recommendations
FIA Code - 2105
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Sweet Breath of Spring
September (J. Miller) |
Amur Honeysuckle
December (J. Miller) |
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Tatarian Honeysuckle
Spring (J. Schwegman) |
Amur Honeysuckle
Spring (J. Schwegman) |
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Sweet Breath of Spring
September (J. Miller) |
Amur Honeysuckle
December (J. Miller) |
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Amur Honeysuckle
December (J. Miller) |
Amur Honeysuckle
Spring (Warner Park) |
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States with suspected Amur
honeysuckle infestations are shown in red.* |
States with suspected Morrow's
honeysuckle infestations are shown in red.* |
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States with suspected Tartarian
honeysuckle infestations are shown in red.* |
States with suspected Sweet Breath
of Spring infestations are shown in red.* |
* USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. February 5, 2002.
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