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Lonicera tatarica is a species of honeysuckle known by the common name Tatarian honeysuckle. [2] Native to Eurasia, the plant is one of several exotic bush honeysuckles present in North America, [3] being considered an invasive species there.
Tatarian honeysuckle was introduced to the U. S. in 1845 from China, and since has spread to many states, including all of New England. It is regarded as highly invasive throughout much of its North American range. It also hybridizes with another invasive honeysuckle, Lonicera morrowii.
Tatarian honeysuckle is a perennial shrub with blue-green leaves, pink or red flowers, and paired fruits. It is invasive in the Great Lakes basin and can outcompete native plants. Learn how to identify, control, and replace it.
Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) is an ornamental shrub native to Central Asia, and can be found extensively across North America. It grows in a broad range of soils and reaches heights of up to 3 m. Due to its hardiness, it has been used as erosion control and to reclaim strip-mined soils.
Tatarian honeysuckle. A vigorous, upright, deciduous shrub about 3-4m tall, with dark green leaves, paler beneath to 6cm long. Masses of tubular 5-lobed pink flowers are produced along the stems in late spring and early summer, followed by red berries
Tatarian Honeysuckle is a non-native shrub from Asia that can become invasive, invading open woodlands, thickets, fence rows, and roadsides. It can spread rapidly due to birds and mammals dispersing the seeds and can form an extremely dense understory thicket, restricting native plant growth and inhibiting biodiversity.
Photos and information about Minnesota flora - Tatarian Honeysuckle: shrub to 10 feet, hairless opposite leaves; long-stalked pairs of irregular, 2-lipped pink to white flowers in leaf axils, ¾ to 1-inch long.
