Family: Caprifoliaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Possibly naturalizing or persisting from cultivation in New Zealand and the southeastern USA (confirmation needed)
- Described as invasive in southeastern USA
- Other Lonicera species are invasive
- Unpalatable to deer and rabbits and possibly other browsing animals
- Berries reported to be mildly toxic
- Tolerates many soil types
- Climbing and smothering growth habit
- Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively by rooting stems
- Seeds dispersed by birds, other fruit-eating animals, and intentionally by people
- Resprouts after cutting or top kill
Low Risk Traits:
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Herbicides may provide effective control