Diervilla lonicera (Northern bush honeysuckle)

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Diervilla lonicera Mill.

Northern bush honeysuckle, low bush honeysuckle, dwarf bush honeysuckle, yellow-flowered upright honeysuckle

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Dipsacales	Includes viburnum, honeysuckle, snowberry, beautybush, twinflower, many others
Family	Diervillaceae	For Dr. Dièrville, a French surgeon credited with introducing it to Europe about 1700.
Genus	Diervilla	For Dr. Dièrville, a French surgeon credited with introducing it to Europe about 1700.
Species	lonicera	Either Latin for honeysuckle, though this is not a “true” honeysuckle; or named for Adam Lonitzer (1528-1586), a German herbalist, physician and botanist who wrote a standard herbal text that was reprinted many times between 1557 and 1783

About plant names...

Low bush honeysuckle is not a honeysuckle, but it is a low bush. It is a North American native.

Plants: Shrubs are 24-47" (60-120 cm), with branches that are close to the ground. Bark is gray to light reddish brown.

Leaves: Opposite, toothed, ovate to elliptical, 1½-4" (4-10 cm) × ¾-1¾" (2-5 cm). They are initially yellow-green, turning to yellow and orange and finally to red. Often they are not fully symmetrical.

Flowers: Flowers are bell-shaped, yellow-green at first, becoming orange or purplish-red, about ½-¾" (1.3-1.9 cm) in size.

Fruits: Fruits are dry, woody capsules, appearing in June or early July.

Online References:

Earl J.S. Rook's Flora, Fauna, Earth, and Sky ... The Natural History of the Northwoods

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

The New England Wildflower Society’s GoBotany site

The USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database

BorealForest.org

7/13/2015 · Mt. Ascutney State Park, Ascutney, Vermont
≈ 5 × 4½" (12 × 12 cm)

8/3/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 6 × 4½" (15 × 11 cm)

7/2/2015 · Bemis Rd., Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 6 × 4½" (14 × 12 cm)

7/22/2012 · Wapack Trail, Pack Monadnock, Peterborough, New Hampshire
≈ 6 × 7" (15 × 17 cm)

8/3/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 10 × 7" (26 × 18 cm)

6/20/2010 · Blue Hill Reservation, Milford, Massachusetts
≈ 15 × 10" (39 × 26 cm)

6/22/2017 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 5 × 3½" (13 × 9.2 cm)

6/28/2014 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire
≈ 9 × 7" (23 × 16 cm)

6/8/2012 · Squannacook River Wildlife Area, Townsend, Massachusetts
≈ 6 × 4" (15 × 10 cm) ID is uncertain

Diervilla diervilla (L.) MacMill.

Diervilla lonicera Mill. var. hypomalaca Fernald

Diervilla lonicera description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

7/13/2015 · Mt. Ascutney State Park, Ascutney, Vermont
≈ 8 × 5" (19 × 12 cm)

6/28/2014 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire
≈ 8 × 5" (19 × 12 cm)

6/20/2010 · Blue Hill Reservation, Milford, Massachusetts
≈ 7 × 4½" (17 × 11 cm)

6/8/2012 · Squannacook River Wildlife Area, Townsend, Massachusetts
≈ 6 × 9" (15 × 23 cm) ID is uncertain

7/2/2015 · Bemis Rd., Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 10 × 7" (25 × 16 cm)

7/2/2015 · Bemis Rd., Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 7 × 4½" (18 × 12 cm)

6/8/2012 · Squannacook River Wildlife Area, Townsend, Massachusetts
≈ 5 × 3½" (13 × 9.2 cm) ID is uncertain

7/13/2015 · Mt. Ascutney State Park, Ascutney, Vermont
≈ 5 × 3½" (13 × 9.6 cm)

7/2/2015 · Bemis Rd., Pepperell, Massachusetts
≈ 3½ × 3" (8.6 × 8.4 cm)

6/20/2010 · Blue Hill Reservation, Milford, Massachusetts
≈ 15 × 10" (39 × 26 cm)

6/15/2017 · Jason’s Cutoff, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, New Hampshire
≈ 4 × 5" (10 × 13 cm)

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