PLANTS Profile for Lonicera xylosteum (dwarf honeysuckle)

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Lonicera xylosteum L.
dwarf honeysuckle


Symbol:		LOXY
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Caprifoliaceae
Growth Habit:		Shrub
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 282. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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Plant Distribution by State:
Lonicera xylosteum L.

State Distributional Map for Lonicera xylosteum L.

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	CT DC IL IN MI NH NJ NY OH PA RI VA VT WI

Lonicera xylosteum L. occures in the following states: Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin

Related Taxa:
Lonicera xylosteum L.

View 11 genera in Caprifoliaceae, 51 species in Lonicera

Classification:
Lonicera xylosteum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae –
Order	Dipsacales –
Family	Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
Genus	Lonicera L. – honeysuckle
Species	Lonicera xylosteum L. – dwarf honeysuckle

Noxious Weed Information:
Lonicera xylosteum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.

Connecticut:
dwarf honeysuckle		Potentially invasive, banned

Invasive Information:
Lonicera xylosteum L.

dwarf honeysuckle

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

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Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 45 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Introduced Information:
Lonicera xylosteum L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Lonicera xylosteum L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35308.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).