Amur Honeysuckle     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Lonicera maackii
Common Name Synonyms: Bush Honeysuckle


NOTES: Highly invasive large shrub native to northeastern Asia. White, fragrant flowers in axillary pairs become cream-colored with age. Abundant red berries by late summer. Stems hollow with stringy tan bark. Roots produce biochemicals to reduce nearby competition (allelopathy).

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Amur Honeysuckle
Genus species: Lonicera maackii
Common Names: Amur Honeysuckle
Bush Honeysuckle
Family Name: Caprifoliaceae  
Vines, shrubs, or small trees; leaves opposite, simple or compound, stipulate in Viburnum; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, in cymes; fruit a berry or drupe.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Shrub
Flower Color:White
Yellow
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Nature Playscape
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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