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Lonicera dioica

Mountain Honeysuckle

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148202

Element CodePDCPR03080

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderDipsacales

FamilyCaprifoliaceae

GenusLonicera

Other Common Names

Chèvrefeuille dioïque (FR) limber honeysuckle (EN) Limber Honeysuckle (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Varieties in Lonicera dioica not recognized by Kartesz (1999), although they had been maintained by him in 1994.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-13

Change Date1984-06-07

Threat Impact Comments

Secure and widespread in the north but but loss of natural forested habitat a medium-level threat in other areas (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	S4	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Ontario	S5	Yes
Alberta	S5	Yes
Yukon Territory	S2	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
Saskatchewan	S5	Yes
Manitoba	S5	Yes

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
Massachusetts	SNR	Yes
Alabama	SNR	Yes
Vermont	S4	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Missouri	S3	Yes
West Virginia	S1	Yes
Kansas	S2	Yes
Connecticut	SNR	Yes
Nebraska	S5	Yes
Wisconsin	SNR	Yes
Maryland	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	S2	Yes
Tennessee	S2	Yes
Oklahoma	SNR	Yes
Maine	S2	Yes
New Jersey	S3	Yes
North Dakota	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
New York	SNR	Yes
Virginia	S4	Yes
Indiana	SNR	Yes
New Hampshire	SNR	Yes
South Dakota	SNR	Yes
Georgia	S1	Yes
Wyoming	S2	Yes
Illinois	SNR	Yes
Iowa	S4	Yes
Kentucky	SNR	Yes
Rhode Island	SNR	Yes
Michigan	SNR	Yes
Arkansas	SNR	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Michigan (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Delirium	Hiawatha National Forest	190

Vermont (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Griffith Lake 09084	Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests	1,833

References (2)

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.