Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

Alien: Native of eastern Asia.

Identification: A vine, covering shrubs and trees or creeping along the ground. Flowers yellow or white, fragrant. Stamens protruding. Five petals, lower portions fused into a long tube with 4 petal lobes pointing upward and a single, elongate lobe hanging downward. Berries black with a slight purple tinge. Leaves evergreen, ovate, with smooth outer margins and short petioles.

Distribution: Throughout eastern North America and the southwestern and south-central United States.

Habitat: Japanese Honeysuckle is a weedy species found in thickets, along forest margins, and along roadsides.

Flowering period: April to July.

Comments: Japanese Honeysuckle is a pernicious, fast growing, and difficult to erradicate weed. It readily crowds out native plants and can kill trees and shrubs. It should be erradicated whenever possible and never, ever deliberately planted.

Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

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The white or yellow flowers, vine habit, and ovate, evergreen leaves readily identify this species.

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