Recycle from 2008 (As of May 3, the patches are not as thick as the big-patch pictures, but are quickly headed that direction.)
It was with no small disappointment that I learned a few years back that the Honeysuckle is not regarded by many naturalists as a wonderful thing. At least not as it makes its home in more and more American woodlands.
As a kid I earned how to pull the pistil of the Honeysuckle out the back and trough the tube of the flower -- then touch a drop of watery nectar to my tongue. Wallah.. hidden honey.
Now I've learned that this plant (sometimes called Japanese Honeysuckle or by the Latin name "Lonicera japonica" is of Asian origin and has few natural predators. If left unchecked, it can choke out native species.
For more info:
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/resources/mgtplans/invasives.htm
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/loja1.htm
Yellow Honeysuckle (Lonicera flava) (native varitey)
As a kid I earned how to pull the pistil of the Honeysuckle out the back and trough the tube of the flower -- then touch a drop of watery nectar to my tongue. Wallah.. hidden honey.
Now I've learned that this plant (sometimes called Japanese Honeysuckle or by the Latin name "Lonicera japonica" is of Asian origin and has few natural predators. If left unchecked, it can choke out native species.
For more info:
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/resources/mgtplans/invasives.htm
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/loja1.htm
Yellow Honeysuckle (Lonicera flava) (native varitey)
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