Lonicera morrowii

Characteristics
Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera
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) SNA (State Rank) GNR (Global Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Dipsacales
Lonicera
Lonicera morrowii A. Gray - Morrow’s honeysuckle
Citation
Lonicera morrowii A. Gray
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Species Distribution Map

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Plant Photos
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 20 May 2002 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 20 May 2002 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 23 Jun 1995 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 23 Jun 1995 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 15 Jul 2005 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 15 Jul 2005 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 24 Mar 2003 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 24 Mar 2003 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 28 Jun 2002 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson - Rice Creek Field Sta., SUNY Oswego Photo taken: Oswego County, NY: 28 Jun 2002 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 23 May 2011 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 23 May 2011 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 28 Sep 2011 - 1
Photo by: Andrew Nelson. Photo taken: Oswego Co., NY: 28 Sep 2011 - Andrew Nelson View Full Size
Photo By: Andrea G. Kornbluh. Photo taken: Rensselaer, NY: 2 September 2022 -
Photo By: Andrea G. Kornbluh. Photo taken: Rensselaer, NY: 2 September 2022 View Full Size
Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Nassau, NY: 17 May 2017 -
Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Nassau, NY: 17 May 2017 View Full Size
Photo By: Steve Young. Photo taken: Suffolk, NY: 28 June 2021 -
Photo By: Steve Young. Photo taken: Suffolk, NY: 28 June 2021 View Full Size