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  Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle is separated easily from the native honeysuckle vines by its leaves.
Japanese honeysuckle is native to Japan, introduced to the U.S. in 1806 for horticultural ground-cover purposes.
Japanese honeysuckle is categorized as an exotic weed under the Illinois Exotic Weed Control Act of 1987.
www.inhs.uiuc.edu /edu/VMG/jhnysckl.html   (1073 words)

  
 Japanese Honeysuckle
The Japanese honeysuckle is a twining or trailing woody vine.
The fruit of a Japanese honeysuckle is a many-seeded berry that matures early in the autumn.
Japanese honeysuckle thrives primarily in areas that are frequently disturbed, such as roadsides and along fences.
www.abouthoneysuckle.com /japanese_honeysuckle.shtml   (269 words)

  
  Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica Thunb.)
Japanese honeysuckle is separated easily from the native honeysuckle vines by its leaves.
Leaves near tips of the vines of Japanese honeysuckle are opposite and not united, while leaves of native honeysuckles (3 species) are united at the base, forming a single leaf surrounding the stem.
Japanese honeysuckle is native to Japan, introduced to the U.S. in 1806 for horticultural ground-cover purposes.
mdc.mo.gov /nathis/exotic/vegman/thirteen.htm   (1328 words)

  
 The Nature Conservancy in North Carolina - Japanese Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle vines grow to 30 feet and underground runners to 45 feet.
Japanese honeysuckle continues to photosynthesize throughout the winter.
In Japanese honeysuckle, the pair of leaves at the end of the stems is separate; in native honeysuckle, the stem grows through the joined leaf pair at the end.
www.nature.org /wherewework/northamerica/states/northcarolina/initiatives/art12730.html   (147 words)

  
 Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas
Japanese honeysuckle is a perennial vine that was introduced from eastern Asia during the 1800's as an ornamental, for erosion control and for wildlife cover and food.
Japanese honeysuckle is extremely widespread, occurring in at least 38 states from California across southern and midwestern states to New England and the Great Lakes region.
Japanese honeysuckle is a vigorous bloomer and produces abundant seed dispersed by birds.
www.invasive.org /eastern/midatlantic/loja.html   (246 words)

  
 Olympus MIC-D: Reflected Light Gallery - Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese honeysuckle was introduced in North America, and as an exotic, is often considered an invasive pest or weed species.
Japanese honeysuckle differs from the three species of native honeysuckle in the United States, which are also in the family Caprifoliaceae, by leaf pattern and attachment.
The northern range of this Asiatic honeysuckle is limited by cold winters, and it appears to spread to new areas via seeds dispersed by birds.
www.olympusmicro.com /micd/galleries/reflected/honeysuckle.html   (518 words)

  
 Floridata: Lonicera japonica
Japanese honeysuckle is native to eastern Asia and Japan.
Japanese honeysuckle is evergreen in warm climates and deciduous in cold areas.
Japanese honeysuckle is listed as an invasive species that is disrupting native plant communities by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, and as a "severe threat" to native plant communities in Tennessee by that state's Exotic Pest Plant Council.
www.floridata.com /ref/L/loni_jap.cfm   (806 words)

  
 Honeysuckle Herbal Supplement from Herbal Extracts Plus
Honeysuckle is a trailing evergreen or partial evergreen, depending upon its range; in its southern ranges, it is totally evergreen, and in the more northerly climes, it tends to produce partial evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers that yellow with age.
Japanese Honeysuckle is an Asian native, originating in Japan and Korea, and has been introduced to the United States and other parts of the world, where there is wide distribution throughout Europe, South America, and Hong Kong and where hundreds of other Honeysuckle species grow (including Lonicera caprifolium in Italy and the Netherlands).
Honeysuckle has been used for centuries in herbal medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments, mostly to cool and cleanse the body of impurities in the blood, bowel, and urinary system, and is used in combination with other herbs in order to enhance the efficacy of both.
www.herbalextractsplus.com /honeysuckle.cfm   (921 words)

  
 Honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle and Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) are considered invasive weeds in the United States and in New Zealand.
Honeysuckle can be controlled by cutting, flaming, or burning the plant to root level and repeating on two-week increments until nutrient reserves in the roots are depleted.
Japanese Honeysuckle is considered an invasive exotic weed in the United States, and is classified as a noxious weed by the state of Illinois and New Zealand.
www.druidry.org /obod/trees/honeysuckle.html   (4342 words)

  
 Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese Honeysuckle can climb adjacent woody vegetation, otherwise it has a tendency to sprawl across the ground in disorderly heaps.
Japanese Honeysuckle is common in southern Illinois, occasional in NE and east central Illinois, and uncommon or absent elsewhere.
Japanese Honeysuckle usually produces axillary flowers; when terminal flowers are produced, they occur in a panicle.
www.illinoiswildflowers.info /weeds/plants/jp_honeysuckle.htm   (672 words)

  
 Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle is most obvious when climbing high up and over plants along edges, but it also creeps along the ground in shadier areas where growth is moderated by low light levels.
Japanese honeysuckle is a trailing woody vine that may grow as much as 30 feet in length.
Japanese honeysuckle is distinguished from Maine’s two rare native vine honeysuckles (Lonicera dioica and L. sempervirens) by the leaves at the tip of the vine.
www.umext.maine.edu /onlinepubs/htmpubs/2528.htm   (817 words)

  
 Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle is primarily a weed of fence rows, landscapes, nurseries, and container ornamentals.
This weed is now distributed throughout the United States, but is primarily a problem in the southeastern states.
Morrow's Bush-honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) and tatarian honeysuckle are both species that resemble japanese honeysuckle, however both of these weeds have red berries and are more shrub-like when compared to japanese honeysuckle.
www.ppws.vt.edu /scott/weed_id/lonja.htm   (191 words)

  
 Invasive Plants of Ohio - Factsheet 9 - Japanese Honeysuckle & Asian Bittersweet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Both Japanese honeysuckle and Asian bittersweet are non-native, fast-growing trailing or climbing woody vines capable of covering large areas of ground or extending into the tops of trees.
Japanese honeysuckle is native to eastern Asia and was introduced into New York in 1806 as an ornamental plant and ground cover.
Japanese honeysuckle and Asian bittersweet are aggressive growers that can severely damage native plant populations by limiting needed sunlight, constricting nutrient flow in stems, and over-weighting treetops increasing the likelihood of wind damage.
www.dnr.state.oh.us /dnap/invasive/9japhoneysuck.htm   (655 words)

  
 Honeysuckle Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine - Find Articles
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) blooms in the spring from April to May, with fragrant white flowers touched with a shade of purple that fade to yellow as they mature.
Japanese honeysuckle works well as a detoxifier, and is best used for acute infections and inflammations.
Honeysuckle should be used for acute conditions, and is not meant to be used in the treatment of chronic illnesses.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0004/ai_2603000431   (827 words)

  
 Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle is a woody perennial trailing or twining vine.
Japanese honeysuckle's flowers are fragrant, two-lipped, one to two inches in length, and white, changing to yellow with age.
Japanese honeysuckle is distinct from two other trailing honeysuckles, the trumpet honeysuckle (L. sempervirens) and wild honeysuckle (L. dioica), found in Connecticut.
www.hort.uconn.edu /CIPWG/art_pubs/TNC/html/nat_japhoney.html   (569 words)

  
 Search: Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle is a semi-evergreen vine in Illinois, often holding...
Japanese honeysuckle is most aggressive in partially shaded to open upland areas...
Japanese honeysuckle is an evergreen to semi-evergreen vine that can be found either...
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 BBC - Gardening - Plants - Honeysuckle, Lonicera
You can use honeysuckles in three different ways in the garden: as magnificently colourful climbers, as richly scented climbers, and as stocky, shrubby plants some of which can be topiarised into different shapes.
Japanese honeysuckle is probably the most versatile, coping with hot, dry soil, although it always performs better with its roots in cool shade.
Most honeysuckles also propagate themselves by a process called layering (their stems spread across and root in the soil), developing a sprawling complex of shrubs and suckers if left unchecked.
www.bbc.co.uk /gardening/plants/plantprofile_honeysuckle.shtml   (647 words)

  
 Japanese Honeysuckle
The Japanese honeysuckle is native to Japan and Korea.
The Japanese honeysuckle was introduced to the United States in 1806 for ornamental ground cover.
The Japanese honeysuckle is often spread when pieces of stem are dumped with garden rubbish.
library.thinkquest.org /03oct/00240/japanh.htm   (463 words)

  
 Ground Covers
Japanese Honeysuckle 'Halliana', Lonicera japonica 'Halliana', is the most commonly seen Honeysuckle and is also known as Hall's Honeysuckle.
The Japanese Spurge plant, Pachysandra terminalis, and also known as Pachysandra, is a shrubby, evergreen ground cover which grows 8-12" high and spreads by rhizomes to form a dense carpet of rich, dark green foliage.
The Japanese Spurge 'Silveredge', Pachysandra terminalis 'Silver Edge', has thin silver-white margins, hence the name 'Silveredge.' This plant is a slower growing variegated form of Japanese Spurge which is an old-time ground cover plant with versatile modern day use.
www.favoritenursery.com /ground-covers   (407 words)

  
 PCA Alien Plant Working Group - Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese honeysuckle is a perennial vine that climbs by twisting its stems around vertical structures, including limbs and trunks of shrubs and small trees.
Japanese honeysuckle was introduced to the U.S. in the early to mid-1800's as an ornamental plant, for erosion control, and for wildlife forage and cover.
An effective method for removal of patches of honeysuckle covering the ground is to lift up and hold a portion of the vine mass with a rake and have a chain saw operator cut the stems low to the ground.
www.nps.gov /plants/alien/fact/loja1.htm   (1109 words)

  
 Invasive Species: Plants - Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese Honeysuckle and Asian Bittersweet - Invasive Plants of Ohio
Japanese Honeysuckle - Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia (PDF
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle, Hall's honeysuckle) - Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE)
www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov /plants/honeysuckle.shtml   (358 words)

  
 Invasive Exotic Plant Tutorial - Japanese honeysuckle MC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Several effective methods of control are available for Japanese honeysuckle, including chemical and non-chemical, depending on the extent of the infestation and available time and labor.
An effective method for removal of patches of honeysuckle covering the ground is to lift up and hold a portion of the vine mass with a rake and have a chain saw operator cut the stems low to the ground.
In certain situations, tethered goats have been used to remove honeysuckle growth, but must be monitored to prevent their escape to the wild where they would become an added ecological threat.
www.dcnr.state.pa.us /forestry/invasivetutorial/Japanese_honeysuckle_M_C.htm   (3424 words)

  
 Invasive Weeds in Georgia
Japanese honeysuckle is an evergreen to semi-evergreen vine that can be found either trailing or climbing to heights of over 80 feet.
Japanese honeysuckle has been planted widely throughout the United States as an ornamental, for erosion control, and for wildlife habitat.
Japanese honeysuckle invades a variety of habitats including forest floors and canopies, roadsides, wetlands, and disturbed areas.
www.gaeppc.org /weeds/honeysuckle.html   (235 words)

  
 Honeysuckle - LoveToKnow Garden
Several species of honeysuckle were imported to North America as ornamental plants or to control erosion and have proven to be highly invasive.
It may be distinguished from the other two Japanese species by its slender growth, deep green shining leaves, which have a marked tendency to vary from the normal ovate form to a pinnatifid or Oakleaved form.
Honeysuckle: Woodbine (Lonicera Periclymenum) - A native of the middle of Europe and northwards, and is a true native in England, where it is generally seen in hedgerows and thickets.
garden.lovetoknow.com /wiki/Honeysuckle   (1475 words)

  
 Pushy Plants and Alien Animals: Japanese Honeysuckle
Native to eastern Asia, Japanese honeysuckle was brought to Long Island, N.Y., as an ornamental in 1806.
Japanese honeysuckle invades native plant communities following natural or human-induced disturbances such as floods, ice and windstorms; the building of logging roads; or outbreaks of disease.
Coral honeysuckle and showy trumpet creeper in particular are hummingbird magnets.
www.naturalsciences.org /conservation/invasives/honeysuckle.html   (516 words)

  
 Invasive Exotic Plant Tutorial - Japanese honeysuckle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DESCRIPTION: Japanese honeysuckle is a perennial vine that climbs by twisting its stems around vertical structures, including limbs and trunks of shrubs and small trees.
In addition, the fruits of exotic bush honeysuckles, while abundant and rich in carbohydrates, do not offer migrating birds the high-fat, nutrient-rich food sources needed for long flights that are supplied by native plant species.
BACKGROUND: Japanese honeysuckle was introduced to the U.S. in the early to mid-1800's as an ornamental plant, for erosion control, and for wildlife forage and cover.
www.dcnr.state.pa.us /forestry/invasivetutorial/Japanese_honeysuckle.htm   (916 words)

  
 Vines
Chinese Wisteria is a shade tolerant vine, but it only blooms when grown in partial to full sun.
Dutchman's Pipe, Aristolochia durior, is primarily grown for foliage.
Hall's Honeysuckles are a very fast growing plant to 15 to 30 feet.
www.favoritenursery.com /vines   (396 words)

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