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
· 720 counties across 31 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 720 counties across 31 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
Illinois view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cumberland 17035
- Effingham 17049
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Johnson 17087
- LaSalle 17099
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wayne 17191
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
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
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Greene 28041
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
Missouri view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 20 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 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 ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grundy 47061
- Hardeman 47069
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Weakley 47183
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Bandera 48019
- Bowie 48037
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Chambers 48071
- Collin 48085
- Coryell 48099
- Denton 48121
- Franklin 48159
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Kerr 48265
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Limestone 48293
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Navarro 48349
- Orange 48361
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Shelby 48419
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Wise 48497
- Wood 48499
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
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