Lonicera dioica L.
glaucous-leaved honeysuckle (limber honeysuckle; red honeysuckle; smooth-leaved honeysuckle)
Caprifoliaceae (Valerian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
glaucous-leaved honeysuckle (limber honeysuckle; red honeysuckle; smooth-leaved honeysuckle)
Caprifoliaceae (Valerian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Lonicera dioica var. glaucescens
Species Information
General:
Deciduous, semi-erect shrub or twining, trailing or climbing woody vine, sometimes to 5 m high, widely branching; twigs hollow, glabrous, green or purplish, glaucous when young; bark light coloured and shreddy.
Leaves:
Opposite, nearly stalked, egg-shaped or oval, 5-8 cm long, entire, rounded or blunt at tip, dark green and glabrous above, pale and often short-hairy beneath, especially on veins; margins not fringed; upper leaf pairs joined at the base, forming a disk around the stem.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a head-like cluster at branch tips, on very short stalks in what looks like a whorl above the disk leaves; corollas yellow to orange (often purplish or reddish with age), tubular to funnel-shaped, 2-3 cm long, the tubes often short-hairy on the outside, slightly bulging on one side at the base, 1.2-2 times as long as the 2 spreading lips; upper lips 4-lobed.
Fruits:
Berries, 8-12 mm thick, red, clustered in disk leaves.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Lonicera dioica
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
801 | 151 | 1900 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
9 | 0 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
161 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 1 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
159 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BWBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(96), CDF(1), ESSF(3), ICH(5), IDF(7), MS(4), SBS(6) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Moist to dry rocky slopes and forests in the lowland and montane zones; frequent in SC and E BC; N to NT, E to PQ and S to NC, OK, SC and GA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Lonicera dioica var. dasygyna (Rehder) Gleason
Lonicera dioica var. glaucescens (Rydb.) Butters
Lonicera dioica var. orientalis Gleason
Lonicera glaucescens (Rydb.) Rydb.
Lonicera glaucescens var. dasygyna Rehder