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The species has a low poisonous severity level to humans, with no reports of its fatal consumption. Eating its berries is not recommended, causing symptoms including diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
This plant has low severity poison characteristics. See below Description. Tatarian Honeysuckle is a non-native shrub from Asia that can become invasive, invading open woodlands, thickets, fence rows, and roadsides.
2 mar 2024 · Research is clear: Tatarian Honeysuckle, while invasive and a concern for native ecosystems, is not the villain in your backyard. Its berries are toxic, causing symptoms like diarrhea and vomiting, but there's no record of human fatalities from ingestion. This plant's bad rap comes from its berries, not its presence.
The shrub also produces toxic (allelopathic) chemicals in its leaves and seeds. In its native range, organisms have coexisted with Tatarian honeysuckle over long periods of time, and have therefore evolved mechanisms to cope with these chemicals.
Tatarian honeysuckle’s wide adaptability to shade and to a variety of soils enables it to invade many different habitats. It can be found in savannahs, open woodlands, forest edges, floodplain forests, old pastures and fields, and transport and utility rights-of-way.
Plant database entry for Tatarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica 'Arnold's Red') with 4 images, one comment, and 29 data details.
Copious numbers of pink, strongly asymmetrical flowers are borne in pairs in the axils of the leaves; they are pollinated by bees. Birds consume the berries and disperse the seeds; the eastern cottontail rabbit is also known to eat the fruits.
