Lonicera dioica Linnaeus. Common name: Limber Honeysuckle. Phenology: Jun-Aug; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Seepages, bogs, rocky woods, shrubby mountain bogs at high elevations, rocky ridgetop thickets over amphibolite. Distribution: MA and QC west to WI, south to NJ, NC, and IN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Varieties or species have sometimes been maintained based on minor variation of pubescence; it is unlikely that these are taxonomically meaningful. Var. orientalis has the lower leaf surfaces, hypanthium, and style hairy (vs. glabrous or nearly so in var. dioica).
Synonymy ⓘ: = GrPl, K4, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV; > Lonicera dioica L. — S, Rehder (1903); > Lonicera dioica L. var. dioica — C, F, G, Il, Pa, Ferguson (1966a); > Lonicera dioica L. var. glaucescens (Rydb.) Butters — F, Il, Pa, Ferguson (1966a); > Lonicera dioica L. var. orientalis Gleason — C, G, Pa; > Lonicera glaucescens (Rydb.) Rydb. — S, Rehder (1903). Basionym: Lonicera dioica L. 1767
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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