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Honeysuckle Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Wild Flower Habitat Gallery:- |
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Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Flowering Months |
Habitat |
Dwarf Elder |
Sambucus ebulus |
July-August |
A robust perennial rhizomatous herb occurring infrequently in hedgerows, on roadsides and waste ground, usually in small numbers but locally forming thickets (Lavin & Wilmore, 1994). Lowland. |
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Flower from Sevenoaks on 26 July |
Flowers from Sevenoaks in Kent on 26 July |
Foliage |
Form from Sevenoaks on 26 July |
Elder |
Sambucus nigra |
June-July |
A deciduous shrub or small tree of fertile soils in a wide range of habitats including woodland, hedgerows, grassland, scrub, waste ground, roadsides and railway banks. It is resistant to rabbit grazing and often occurs around warrens. 0-470 m (above Nenthead, Cumberland) |
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Flowers |
Foliage on 10 September |
Form |
Fly Honeysuckle |
Lonicera xylosteum |
May-June |
A deciduous shrub, growing on basic or neutral soils in woodland, hedgerows and scrub, generally occurring in small populations. Lowland. |
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Foliage on 19 May |
Form on 19 May |
Guelder Rose |
This deciduous shrub of neutral or calcareous soils is found in woodland, scrub and hedgerows, in fen carr and Alnus and Salix thickets, and on stream banks, favouring damp places, but also found in dry habitats. It is planted in parks and gardens and plants which spread from these sites to the wild sometimes include yellow-fruited cultivars (Lousley, 1976a). 0-400 m (south of Garrigill, Cumberland). |
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Foliage |
Form with fruit from Bedgebury |
Honeysuckle |
Lonicera periclymenum |
A perennial deciduous twining shrub or woody climber, found in woodland, scrub and hedgerows, and on shaded rocks. It prefers freely-drained, moderately basic to acidic soils, but also grows on poorly-drained base-rich clays. 0-610 m (Fairfield, Westmorland, and in Co. Down). |
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Flower from Isle of Wight. Photo by BritishFlora |
Flower from Isle of Wight. Photo by BritishFlora |
Foliage |
Form |
Perfoliate Honeysuckle |
Lonicera caprifolium |
May-June |
A twining, glaucous deciduous shrub, naturalised in woodland, scrub and hedgerows, perhaps establishing mainly from bird-sown seed from garden plants. Lowland. |
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Snowberry |
A bushy rhizomatous shrub widely naturalised in woodland, scrub, hedgerows and on waste ground; also formerly quite widely planted as cover for game in woodland. It reproduces by suckering and fruits freely, but rarely regenerates from seed. It spreads very slowly; dense thickets are normally the result of close initial planting. 0-385 m (Forest-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham). |
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Flower from County Clare |
Flowers from County Clare |
Foliage |
Form |
Twinflower |
Linnaea borealis |
June-August |
A creeping perennial, woody at the base, of both native and planted Pinus sylvestris woodland, where it occurs in slight to moderate shade, on barish ground or leaf litter, sometimes with an acidic heathy herb flora. It spreads vegetatively and by seed, though seedling establishment seems largely restricted to disturbed ground. 0-730 m (Easterness). |
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Wayfaring Tree |
Viburnum lantana |
April-May |
A deciduous shrub, found in woodland, scrub and hedgerows, especially on base-rich soils. It is particularly characteristic of chalk and limestone districts. It is now frequently planted on roadsides and may also appear when used as a stock for other cultivated species of Viburnum (Stace, 1997). Lowland. |
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Flower on 6 March |
Flowers |
Foliage from Otford in Kent on 2 August |
Form with unripe berries |
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