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- Diervilla, for N. Dierville, a French surgeon credited with
introducing it to Europe about 1700.
- lonicera, from the Latin for honeysuckle, a reference to
its honeysuckle-like appearance though it 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
- Common Name from its low growth form, compact shape, and similarity
to the honeysuckles of the genus Lonicera
- Other common names include Northern Bush Honeysuckle, Bush Honeysuckle,
Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle, Life-of-Man, Yellow Flowered Upright Honeysuckle,
herbe bleue
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Taxonomy: |
- Kingdom Plantae, the Plants
- Division Magnoliophyta, the Angiosperms (flowering plants)
- Class Magnoliopsida, the Dicotyledons
- Subclass Asteridae
- Order Dipsacales
- Family Caprifoliaceae, the Honeysuckles,
with Linnaea (Twinflower), Lonicera
(True Honeysuckles), Sambucus (Elderberries),
Symphoricarpos (Snowberries), and Viburnum
(Viburnums)
- Genus Diervilla, the Bush Honeysuckles
- Taxonomic Serial Number: 35310
- Also known as Diervilla diervilla, Diervilla trifida
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Description: |
- A ¼, ½, ¾, º, é
- Leaves
- Stem
- Roots
- Flowers
- Sepals
- Petals
- Stamens
- Pistils
- Ovary superior (within blossom) inferior (below
flower)
- Fruit
- Seed
- A low, deciduous, shrub, 2'- 4'
- Leaves simple, opposite, toothed; fall color yellow
to orange finally red.
- Branches close to the ground, ascending slightly.
- Roots fibrous, shallow laterals, stoloniferous, suckers.
- Flower pale yellow to orange or purple red
- Fruit a dry, woody, capsule
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Identification: |
- Identifiable as
- Distinguished from
- Field Marks
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Distribution: |
- Newfoundland to Saskatchewan; south to Delaware; in the mountains
to North Carolina; and west to Iowa.
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Habitat: |
- Exposed, rocky sites and dry to mesic, well-drained soils.
- Relatively insensitive to variation in light intensity.
- Its abundance in Jack
Pine communities usually remains relatively constant for a long
time but declines in older (approximately 80 years of age) stands. In
Jack Pine/Balsam Fir community types, most common on sites that have
been cleared or burned within the past 30-50 years.
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Fire: |
- Regenerates rapidly after fire.
- Sprouts from the rhizomes following top-kill by fire. Regeneration
depends on growth from dormant buds on protected stem portions and rhizomes.
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Associates: |
- Trees: Balsam Fir (Abies
balsamea), Jack Pine (Pinus
banksiana)
- Shrubs: Green Alder (Alnus
crispa), Speckled Alder (Alnus
incana), Alternate-leaf Dogwood (Cornus
alternifolia), Beaked Hazel (Corylus
cornuta), Wintergreen (Gaultheria
procumbens), and Blueberries (Vaccinium
angustifolium, Vaccinium
myrtilloides)
- Herbs: Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia
nudicaulis), Bigleaf Aster (Aster
macrophyllus), Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum
canadense), Bracken fern (Pteridium
aquilinium)
- Ground Covers:
- Mammals: Winter browse for moose; winter and summer
browse for white-tailed deer.
- Birds: Some songbirds feed on the fruits.
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Reproduction: |
- Sexually by seed
- Flowers
- Assexually by
- Reproduces by seed and vegetatively by rhizomes
- From rhizomes, forming widely scattered clumps or patches.
- Self sterile; successful seed set requires pollination by insects
that have travelled from another clonal patch, usually some distance
away. Dependent on pollinators such as bumblebees, butterflies, and,
moths.
- Flowers early June to early July; as late as August.
- Fruit matures and releases seeds in September.
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Propagation: |
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Cultivation: |
- Hardy to USDA Zone 3 (average minimum annual temperature -40ºF)
- Cultural Requirements
- Sun
- Soil
- Water
- Spacing
- Fertilization
- Size 12"-18"W x 12"-18"H
- Growth rate
- Good for
- Cultivars include
- Cultivars and species available by mail order from specialty suppliers
or at local nurseries
- Best grown on dry, infertile soils in cool climate. Adaptable to dry,
compacted soils; tolerates high pH soils and windy conditions.
- A low, mounded plant with bronze-green foliage. The yellow flowers
are borne in summer. The plant tolerates dry, sandy soil and has excellent
cold tolerance and is reported to be relatively pest free.
- Relatively shade tolerant.
- Soil texture coarse to fine; sands, gravels, loamy sands, sandy loams
to clay loams, sandy clay loams, heavy clays.
- Fast growing; short lived.
- Transplants well. Available from nurseries.
- Forms thickets; holds soil on bank
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Last updated on
29 August, 2004
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