Description ⁴

This perennial vine becomes woody with age and can reach 60' in length. Japanese Honeysuckle can climb adjacent woody vegetation, otherwise it has a tendency to sprawl across the ground in disorderly heaps. The young stems are green, pubescent, and terete, becoming purplish brown and more glabrous with age. The opposite leaves are up to 3" long and 2" across. They are oval or ovate, smooth along their margins, and evergreen. Young leaves are somewhat pubescent and ciliate, while older leaves are more glabrous. Each leaf has a short petiole that is also pubescent while it is young.

At the Garden ⁵

Japanese honeysuckle is a woodland weed and is found in the Thain Family Forest and around Twin Lakes.

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1. (c) CameliaTWU (away for a while), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/40999618@N05/5222058246
2. (c) Kelly L. O'Donnell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kelly L. O'Donnell
3. (c) Paul Lewis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paul Lewis
4. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29447008
5. (c) bkmertz, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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