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