Plants Profile for Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle)

General Information
Symbol:	LOTA
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Caprifoliaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	AK I CAN I L48 I
Other Common Names:	Tartarian honeysuckle
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Japan. Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, MA, Weston. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 282. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
LOSI3	Lonicera sibirica Georgi, nom. nud.
LOTAL	Lonicera tatarica L. var. latifolia Loudon

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Dipsacales
Family	Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
Genus	Lonicera L. – honeysuckle
Species	Lonicera tatarica L. – Tatarian honeysuckle

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 1 subspecies of Lonicera tatarica . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Lonicera tatarica</i> L. var. <i>micrantha</i> Trautv.

Lonicera tatarica var. micrantha

Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Connecticut Tatarian honeysuckle Potentially invasive, banned
Massachusetts Tatarian honeysuckle Prohibited
New Hampshire Tartarian honeysuckle Prohibited invasive Species
Vermont Tartarian honeysuckle Class B noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Lonicera tatarica Tartarian honeysuckle bush honeysuckle This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST	Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
WI	Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.

Wetland Status

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North America
Alaska	UPL
Arid West	UPL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACU
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU