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Twinberry Honeysuckle - Lonicera involucrata

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5T4T5
State Rank: S4

Agency Status
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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 5

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General Description
Shrubs. Stems erect, 50–150 cm; twigs 4-angled, glabrate. Leaf blades 4–15 cm long, oblong to ovate with acuminate tips, glabrate to sparsely hirsute beneath. Inflorescence: peduncles 1–4 cm long, surmounted by 4 purple, glandular bracts reflexed in fruit. Flowers: corolla yellow, 10–15 mm long, glandular-pubescent, lobes shorter than the tube. Berry black, 6–10 mm wide (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Our plants are variety involucrata.

Species Range
Montana Range

Year-round
 


Range Comments
BC to Que south to CA, NM and WI (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 681

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Habitat
Moist forest, meadows, avalanche slopes, especially along streams; montane, subalpine (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References
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    • Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
    • Simanonok, M. 2018. Plant-pollinator network assembly after wildfire. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 123 p.
    • Zimmer, J.P. 2004. Winter habitat use and diet of Snowshoe Hares in the Gardiner, Montana area. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 65 p.
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