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Re: Honeysuckle (Was Kudzu??)

In a message dated 8/18/98 2:28:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LONDE@aol.com
writes:

<< The Honeysuckle that is a problem in Missouri is
 Lonicera maackii, Amur Honeysuckle.  It was introduced in the mid 1800s from
 Manchuria and Korea.  In part, it was introduced by the USDA for soil
 conservation programs.  It is also used as a garden ornamental and has
escaped
 cultivation.  It is shading out the native vegetation on forest floors here
 and spreading at an alarming rate.  It is everywhere!  Very frightening.
 Besides birds spreading the seeds, in increases because it is very shade
 tolerant and has a spreading habit.  I would guess that this is the species
 that is a problem in Ohio, also.  It seems to be the "Kudzu" of the Midwest.
>>

Yes, I think that is the species we have here in SW Ohio.  I am surrounded by
woods where I live and that honeysuckle is everywhere, but even more so on the
edges of the woods.  My chain saw and shredder love it, though.  It makes a
fair mulch, although not long-lasting.  It is a rapid grower/spreader and it
does take a chain saw to level it.  I have noticed that virtually nothing
grows under its spread.  Still, it is not nearly as annoying, or as hard to
kill, as that nasty Japanese honeysuckle vine that covers and chokes out
everything.

Bill Lee
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