Characteristics
Lonicera morrowii A. Gray
Morrow’s honeysuckle
Bottomland forests and thickets, deciduous forests, successional fields and shrublands, alvar, roadsides, and disturbed areas. A very common and highly invasive shrub forming dense thickets in forest understories. This is our most common shrubby honeysuckle. Introgression with the hybrid L. x bella which L. morrowii is one of the parents, is evident in many individuals.
Shrub
Perennial
Vascular
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Not Native
Naturalized
NI (NWPL)
FACU (NWPL EMP)
FACU (NWPL NCNE)
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Classification
Citation
Lonicera morrowii A. Gray
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Species Distribution Map
This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.