Caprifoliaceae: The Honeysuckle Family

By: Josh Carlson

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Caprifoliaceae

11 Genera 400 Species Most of the species

found in Minnesota don’t travel much further west

Shrub/ Half Shrub/ Vine

Viburnum lentago: Nannyberry

Leaves: opposite, simple, ovate, “finely” serrate, paler on bottum

Flowers: white, large cluster about 5 inches in width http://

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http://www.springvalleyroses.com/artwork/berries/viburnum-l-flower-200.jpg

Viburnum rafinesquianum: Downy arrowwood

Leaves: opposite, simple, elliptic to ovate, large serrate

Flowers: large clusters, white http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/shrubs/

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http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/vira130890.jpg

Viburnum trilobum: Highbush cranberry

Leaves: opposite, simple, 3 lobed

Flowers: white, “flat topped cyme”

Fruit: red and edible

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http://www.portlandnursery.com/plants/images/viburnum_trilobum/viburnum_trilobum235.jpg

Diervilla lonicera: Bush Honeysuckle

Also known as the Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Leaves: Green to Red in the fall, 5-12 cm long, simple and opposite

Flowers: ½ inch across, usually red or yellow, bell shaped

Bush Honeysuckle

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Lonicera canadensis: Fly Honeysuckle

Leaves: Opposite and simple, leaf edge is entire, up to 3 inches long

Flowers: Bell shaped, about 1 inch long

Fruit: fused/paired

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Lonicera dioica: Wild Honeysuckle

Also known as the Limber Honeysuckle

Vine like Leaves: opposite,

simple, stipules absent

Flowers:3/4 in long, yellow, orange, or purple

http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/loniceradioi.html

Lonicera hirsuta: Hairy Honeysuckle

MN is the furthest west this plant is found

Vine like Leaves: opposite,

simple, ovate, “hairy fringe”, up to 13 cm long

Flowers: clustered, 2.5 cm long, yellow or orange

http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/photos/LONHIR_EJJ4.jpg

Lonicera villosa: Mountain Fly Honeysuckle

Leaves: simple, opposite, oblong, up to 6 cm long, hairy on the underside

Flowers: paired, yellow or white, up to 15 mm long

Fruit: Blue and edible http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/photos/LONVIL_JK.jpg

http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/images/LoniceraVillosa2MickeleensPathAug82005.jpg

References

NATIVE PLANT DATABASE, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, HTTP://WWW.WILDFLOWER.ORG/PLANTS/RESULT.PHP?ID_PLANT=DILO

Diervilla lonicera Bush Honeysuckle, http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub13.htm American fly honeysuckle Caprifoliaceae Lonicera canadensis,

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/DENDROLOGY/Syllabus2/factsheet.cfm?ID=911 Connecticut Wildflower Limber Honeysuckle (Glaucous Honeysuckle),

http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/loniceradioi.html, November, 2005 Lonicera dioica Wild Honeysuckle, Steven D. Glenn,

http://nymf.bbg.org/profile_species_tech.asp?id=336, August 13, 2009 Northern Ontario Plant Database,

http://www.northernontarioflora.ca/description.cfm?speciesid=1004712, January 2010 Lonicera villosa

Mountain Fly Honeysuckle, http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub28.htm, nannyberry Caprifoliaceae Viburnum lentago,

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=443, 2009 Viburnum lentago Nannyberry Viburnum or Sheepberry,

http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/TMI/Plantlist/vi_ntago.html, Viburnum rafinesquianum Schultes var. affine (Bush ex Schneid.) House,

http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/viraa.htm, 1999 Viburnum trilobum American Cranberrybush Viburnum,

http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/v/vibtri/vibtri1.html Vascular Plant Taxonomy, Fifth Edition, Dirk R Walters. David J Keil. Zack E Murrell, 2006 Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family, http://montana.plant-life.org/families/Caprifoliaceae.htm