Index / Search / Lonicera involucrata
§1 Plant
Lonicera involucrata (Richardson) Banks ex Spreng.
vernacular twinberry honeysuckle — species · Caprifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Lonicera
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 233 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–32 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 10 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 343,500
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 233 counties across 14 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Lake 06033
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Sierra 06091
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Yuba 06115
Colorado view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
Idaho view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Camas 16025
- Caribou 16029
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Clackamas 41005
- Clatsop 41007
- Columbia 41009
- Coos 41011
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Hood River 41027
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Lane 41039
- Lincoln 41041
- Linn 41043
- Marion 41047
- Multnomah 41051
- Tillamook 41057
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
- Yamhill 41071
Utah view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Ferry 53019
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- Jefferson 53031
- King 53033
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Whatcom 53073
- Yakima 53077
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LOIN5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5334253 ↗Record version
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