Honeysuckle, Has Has Honeysuckle, Morrow’S and Tatarian Between

between Tatarian and Morrow’s honeysuckle, has has honeysuckle, Morrow’s and Tatarian between

entire margins and short petioles. short and margins entire

seeds remain viable in soil for two or more years. more or two for soil in viable remain seeds

green leaves. Bell’s honeysuckle, a hybrid hybrid a honeysuckle, Bell’s leaves. green simple, opposite, oval to oblong, with with oblong, to oval opposite, simple,

understory development is sparse. Honeysuckle Honeysuckle sparse. is development understory

Leaves of invasive honeysuckles are are honeysuckles invasive of Leaves honeysuckle has smooth, hairless, dull, bluish- dull, hairless, smooth, has honeysuckle

germination is highest on open ground or where where or ground open on highest is germination

suckle has hairy, gray-green leaves, while Tatarian Tatarian while leaves, gray-green hairy, has suckle

range of environmental conditions. However, However, conditions. environmental of range

- honey Morrow’s hairy. slightly are and tip the

rate of honeysuckle seeds is high under a wide wide a under high is seeds honeysuckle of rate

that taper to a distinct, long, slender point at at point slender long, distinct, a to taper that

occurs in the soil during winter. The germination germination The winter. during soil the in occurs

larger, somewhat glossy leaves (2-3 inches long) long) inches (2-3 leaves glossy somewhat larger,

cold, moist period to break dormancy, which which dormancy, break to period moist cold,

inches wide. Amur honeysuckle has darker, darker, has honeysuckle Amur wide. inches ⁄ 1-1

readily dispersed by birds. The seeds require a a require seeds The birds. by dispersed readily

inches long and and long inches ⁄ 1-2 measure typically They

produce large quantities of viable seed that are are that seed viable of quantities large produce

oblong, with entire margins and short petioles. petioles. short and margins entire with oblong,

year, invasive exotic shrub honeysuckles honeysuckles shrub exotic invasive year,

honeysuckles are simple, opposite, oval to to oval opposite, simple, are honeysuckles

-inch long, oval, ﬂattened, and yellow. Every Every yellow. and ﬂattened, oval, long, -inch ⁄

Leaves: Leaves of invasive exotic shrub shrub exotic invasive of Leaves

berries contain many seeds. Seeds are less than than less are Seeds seeds. many contain berries

they invade woodlands. invade they honeysuckle). The ﬂeshy, ﬂeshy, The honeysuckle). -inch diameter diameter -inch ⁄

4 1

shallow rooted, forming dense colonies when when colonies dense forming rooted, shallow honeysuckles) or early to mid autumn (Amur (Amur autumn mid to early or honeysuckles)

L. tatarica L. ). Honeysuckles are fast growing and and growing fast are Honeysuckles ). ( Tatarian, Bell’s, Freedom, and Honeyrose Honeyrose and Freedom, Bell’s, Tatarian,

white, pink or crimson-red (especially on cultivars) cultivars) on (especially crimson-red or pink white, L. morrowii L. ) and Tatarian honeysuckle honeysuckle Tatarian and ) ( suckle cultivar, and ripen in mid-summer (Morrow’s, (Morrow’s, mid-summer in ripen and cultivar,

honeysuckle produces smooth ﬂowers that are are that ﬂowers smooth produces honeysuckle - honey Morrow’s than taller slightly grow usually red to orange-yellow, depending on species and and species on depending orange-yellow, to red

hairy peduncles (i.e., ﬂower stems). Tatarian Tatarian stems). ﬂower (i.e., peduncles hairy L. x bella x L. maackii ), ), ( honeysuckle Bell’s and ) Fruit and Seed and Fruit : Honeysuckle fruit ranges from from ranges fruit Honeysuckle :

honeysuckle ﬂowers are hairy and are borne on on borne are and hairy are ﬂowers honeysuckle

Lonicera Lonicera rounded forms. Amur honeysuckle ( honeysuckle Amur forms. rounded

ﬂowers, respectively. ﬂowers,

ﬂowers that fade to yellow with age but Morrow’s Morrow’s but age with yellow to fade that ﬂowers

wide. They have dense, upright, vase-shaped to to vase-shaped upright, dense, have They wide.

produce pink-tinged white ﬂowers and rosy-red rosy-red and ﬂowers white pink-tinged produce

Amur and Morrow’s honeysuckles produce white white produce honeysuckles Morrow’s and Amur

shrubs growing 6-15 feet tall and 6-12 feet feet 6-12 and tall feet 6-15 growing shrubs

a complex hybrid of several honeysuckle species, species, honeysuckle several of hybrid complex a

medium to large-sized, deciduous, multi-stemmed multi-stemmed deciduous, large-sized, to medium

hummingbird pollinators. hummingbird

‘Honeyrose’, two cultivars that are the result of of result the are that cultivars two ‘Honeyrose’,

Growth: Invasive exotic shrub honeysuckles are are honeysuckles shrub exotic Invasive

and is attractive to both insect and and insect both to attractive is and L. Lonicera and ‘Freedom’ stems. hairy slightly

Nectar collects at the base of the flower tube tube flower the of base the at collects Nectar has white to pink flowers, fading to yellow, on on yellow, to fading flowers, pink to white has IDENTIFICATION

with five stamens (i.e., male floral parts). parts). floral male (i.e., stamens five with and do not yellow with age. Bell’s honeysuckle honeysuckle Bell’s age. with yellow not do and

long, fragrant, tubular, two-lipped and ﬁve-lobed, ﬁve-lobed, and two-lipped tubular, fragrant, long,

axils). Flowers are generally less than 1 inch inch 1 than less generally are Flowers axils).

nutrient-rich fruit for migrating birds. migrating for fruit nutrient-rich at the nodes along the stem (i.e., in the leaf leaf the in (i.e., stem the along nodes the at

lipped, five-lobbed, and contain five stamens. five contain and five-lobbed, lipped,

may not serve as a source of high-fat, high-fat, of source a as serve not may

depending on location. Flowers are borne in pairs pairs in borne are Flowers location. on depending ﬂowers that are less than 1 in. long, tubular, two- tubular, long, in. 1 than less are that ﬂowers

ﬂower from early to late May until early June, June, early until May late to early from ﬂower

Invasive honeysuckles produce white, pink or red red or pink white, produce honeysuckles Invasive plants; plants;

Flowers: Invasive exotic shrub honeysuckles honeysuckles shrub exotic Invasive pollinators, reducing seed set of native native of set seed reducing pollinators,

may compete with native plants for for plants native with compete may white piths (i.e., stem centers). stem (i.e., piths white

native shrub honeysuckle stems have solid, solid, have stems honeysuckle shrub native

plants; plants;

almost right angles to the stem. In comparison, comparison, In stem. the to angles right almost

shading out other woody and herbaceous herbaceous and woody other out shading

along the stem are opposite and project at at project and opposite are stem the along

can cause long-term decline of forests by by forests of decline long-term cause can

grayish-brown, shaggy bark in long strips. Buds Buds strips. long in bark shaggy grayish-brown,

honeysuckles are often hollow, with light, light, with hollow, often are honeysuckles may degrade wildlife habitat; habitat; wildlife degrade may

Stems: Stems of older, invasive exotic shrub shrub exotic invasive older, of Stems

form an impenetrable understory layer; layer; understory impenetrable an form

honeysuckles do not have distinctive fall color. fall distinctive have not do honeysuckles

can displace native understory vegetation; vegetation; understory native displace can

leaves late into the fall. Invasive exotic shrub shrub exotic Invasive fall. the into late leaves

as they tend to leaf out early and retain their their retain and early out leaf to tend they as Invasive exotic shrub honeysuckles honeysuckles shrub exotic Invasive

are easy to ﬁnd in early spring and late autumn, autumn, late and spring early in ﬁnd to easy are

undersides. Invasive exotic shrub honeysuckles honeysuckles shrub exotic Invasive undersides. THREATS dull leaves that are slightly hairy on the the on hairy slightly are that leaves dull

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