Index / Search / Lonicera sempervirens
§1 Plant
Lonicera sempervirens L.
vernacular trumpet honeysuckle — species · Caprifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Lonicera
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 376 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 140 min.
- Precipitation
- 22–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8.5
- Root depth
- 10 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 16 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 16 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 376 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Calhoun 01015
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Colbert 01033
- Covington 01039
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Banks 13011
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bibb 13021
- Bulloch 13031
- Burke 13033
- Camden 13039
- Catoosa 13047
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Effingham 13103
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Hall 13139
- Hancock 13141
- Hart 13147
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Randolph 13243
- Rockdale 13247
- Stephens 13257
- Tattnall 13267
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Walton 13297
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilkes 13317
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bath 21011
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Christian 21047
- Clay 21051
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Owsley 21189
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LOSE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5334239 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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