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Lonicera maackii

(Rupr.) Maxim.

Amur Honeysuckle

GNRUnranked Found in 9 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.150671

Element CodePDCPR030J0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderDipsacales

FamilyCaprifoliaceae

GenusLonicera

Other Common Names

Amur honeysuckle (EN) Chèvrefeuille de Maack (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Review Date2006-06-26

Change Date2006-06-26

Edition Date2006-04-27

Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Range Extent Comments

Lonicera maackii is native to northeastern Asia (Luken and Mattimiro, 1991) including China, Manchuria, Korea, and, less commonly, Japan (Batcher and Stiles, 2000).

(In North America, this species has escaped from cultivation in at least 25 states east of the Rocky Mountains (Batcher and Stiles, 2000; Hutchinson et al., 1998; Luken and Thieret, 1996) and is considered a widespread invasive almost everywhere it occurs.)

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
New Jersey	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (9)

Arkansas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Devils Canyon	Ozark-St. Francis National Forest	1,877

Idaho (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bear Creek	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	118,582

Missouri (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Irish Rare II Study Area	Mark Twain National Forest	1,226

Tennessee (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Devil's Backbone	Cherokee National Forest	4,287
Stone Mountain	Cherokee National Forest	5,367

Texas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Creek	National Forests in Texas	1,447

Virginia (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Mountain	Jefferson National Forest	8,377
Northern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	9,444
Southern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	11,985

References (5)

Batcher, M.S. and S.A. Stiles. 2000. Element stewardship abstract for Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Maxim (Amur honeysuckle), Lonicera morrowii A. Gray (Morrow's honeysuckle), Lonicera tatarica L. (Tatarian honeysuckle), Lonicera x bella Zabel (Bell's honeysuckle): the bush honeysuckles. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia. unpaginated.
Hutchinson, T.F. and J.L. Vankat. 1998. Landscape structure and spread of exotic shrub Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) in southwestern Ohio forests. American Midland Naturalist, 139(2): 383-390.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Luken, J.O. and D.T. Mattimiro. 1991. Habitat-specific resilience of the invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) during repeated clipping. Ecological Applications, 1(1): 104-109.
Luken, J.O. and J.W. Thieret. 1996. Amur honeysuckle, its fall from grace. BioScience 46: 18-24.