Japanese Honeysuckle

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Scientific Name:   Lonicera japonica


Highly invasive evergreen or semi-evergreen twining vine native to eastern Asia. White, fragrant flowers in axillary pairs become cream-colored with age. Purple-black berries.

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Japanese Honeysuckle

Genus species: Lonicera japonica
Common Name: Japanese 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:Vine
Flower Color:White Yellow
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom  
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