Scientific Name:	Lonicera involucrata
Pronunciation:	luh-NISS-ur-uh in-voll-you-KRAY-tuh
Common Name:	black twinberry, bearberry honeysuckle
Family Name:	Caprifoliaceae
Plant Type:	Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves opposite, obovate; flowers paired, tubular, yellow, in spring, bracts turning dark red; berries purplish-black.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Arching, Irregular, Spreading, Twiggy Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 2 - 3m Spread: 2 - 3m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, Mexico, U.S. - northwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich Water Use: High, Moderate Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Fall interest, Hedge row, Native planting, Reclamation, Spring interest, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs, Wildlife food, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous, Pubescent Colour in Fall: Green-yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Lanceolate Apices: Acute Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Flowers paired Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Tubular Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, Yellow Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May, Jun Additional Info: Arise in pairs from leaf axils, cupped by large green to purplish bracts.

Fruit Type: Berry (true) Fruit Colour: Black, (surrounded initially by reddening bract, not considered edible) Fruiting Time: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep Additional Info: Showy

Bark Morphology: Exfoliating Bark or Stem Colour: Grey, Yellow     Organ Modifications: Storage tap root

Propagation:	Seed
Pest Susceptibility:	Leaf miner insect, Virus, ( Drought resistant )
Specific Pests:	leaf curl

Location(s): (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend (CGW) Community Garden West (TFL) Turf Field Lab Location Map

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