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Lonicera morrowii, the Morrow's honeysuckle, [1] [2] is a deciduous honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to Japan, Korea, and Northeast China. It is a shrub, reaching a height of 2–2.5 m, with oblong leaves 4–6 cm long. It leafs out quite early in the spring, and in North America is commonly the first deciduous shrub with ...
27 sie 2020 · Morrow’s Honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) is an invasive plant species managed at Acadia National Park. It is often grouped with other species of invasive honeysuckles (L. tatarica, L. x bella), often called Exotic Bush Honeysuckles since they are difficult to distinguish from one another.
Identification: Morrow’s honeysuckle is a multi-stemmed perennial shrub that grows up to 8’ tall and up to 10’ across. The branches are upright and arching with light brown bark, which develops shallow vertical fissures with age. The mature stems have hollow centers (no pith).
Look for hollow stems, leaves that are hairy on the underside, and finely-hairy, white flowers on the exotic shrub Morrow's honeysuckle. It was introduced from Japan by Dr. James Morrow in the 1860's.
Lonicera morrowii is a multistemmed, upright, deciduous shrub that grows up to 8 ft. (2.5 m) tall. The bark is light brown and often pubescent on young stems. Stems are hollow. The grayish-green leaves are opposite, elliptic to oblong, 2-3 in. (5.1-7.6 cm) long and hairy underneath.
3 cze 2018 · L. morrowii is a bush honeysuckle, and so is a stout, erect shrub, whereas species native to the USA, including grape honeysuckle (L. reticulata), yellow honeysuckle (L. flava), and red honeysuckle (L. dioica), are woody vine-like twining species (Hoffman and Kearns, 1997).
The shrub Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii Gray) is one of a suite of exotic bush honeysuckle species that have become pervasive woody invaders in eastern North America.
