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Lonicera japonica, known as Japanese honeysuckle [2] and golden-and-silver honeysuckle, [3] is a species of honeysuckle native to East Asia, including many parts of China. It is often grown as an ornamental plant, but has become an invasive species in a number of countries.
Asian bush honeysuckle can choke out native plants and destroy natural food sources for birds and wildlife.
Most honeysuckle berries are attractive to wildlife, which has led to species such as L. japonica and L. maackii spreading invasively outside of their home ranges. Many species of Lonicera are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species—see a list of Lepidoptera that feed on honeysuckles.
Insolibasidium deformans is a species of fungus belonging to the order Platygloeales. [1] It is currently the only species in the monotypic genus Insolibasidium.The fungus parasitizes leaves of various Lonicera species, causing honeysuckle leaf blight, a commercially significant disease in plant nurseries.
Honeysuckle doesn't have razor-sharp thorns, nor does it attract dangerous pests; instead, its potential for harm comes from how good the plant is at surviving and multiplying.
Japanese knotweed flowers are valued by some beekeepers as an important source of nectar for honeybees, at a time of year when little else is flowering. Japanese knotweed yields a monofloral honey, usually called bamboo honey by northeastern U.S. beekeepers, like a mild-flavored version of buckwheat honey (a related plant also in the Polygonaceae).
Lonicera maackii, the Amur honeysuckle, is a species of honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae that is native to temperate eastern Asia; specifically in northern and western China south to Yunnan, Mongolia, Primorsky Krai in southeastern Siberia, Korea, and, albeit rare there, central and northern Honshū, Japan. [2]
Lonicera morrowii, the Morrow's honeysuckle, [1] [2] is a deciduous honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to Japan, Korea, and Northeast China. It is colloquially called "bush honeysuckle" in the United States, and is considered an invasive species .