Sunday, July 28, 2019

Most honeysuckles are invasive species. New York has three species it considers native.

These three species can be found at New York Division of Land and Forests (click here)

Northern Bush-honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)

Limber Honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)

Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

Also:

New York Invasive Species/Honeysuckle (click here):

...One way to distinguish between native and invasive honeysuckles is by looking at the stems – native honeysuckles have solid stems while invasive honeysuckles have hollow stems....

...The invasive honeysuckle berries do not contain the amount of fat and nutrients present in native honeysuckle berries; eating large amounts of the less nutritious invasive berries rather than native berries can have negative impacts on migrating....