Native shrub confirmed growing wild in remote Ontario woods
iNaturalist: caroline_mcchesney
Native Plants
If you're planting a native pollinator garden, this low, shade-tolerant shrub is a real alternative to invasive honeysuckle bushes and this sighting shows it's thriving well into Ontario's north.
Someone out exploring Algoma, a remote unorganized territory in northern Ontario, spotted and photographed a northern bush honeysuckle plant, and other naturalists verified the identification, making it a research-grade record. It's a small native shrub, not related to the invasive honeysuckle bushes that choke out forests, and it's actually a good pick for native plant gardens because of its yellow summer flowers and red fall color.
Key Findings
Observation reached 'research-grade' status on iNaturalist, meaning the identification was community-verified
Location: Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, a sparsely populated district in northern Ontario
Species is native (not invasive), distinguishing it from introduced bush honeysuckles that are considered invasive pests in North America
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A citizen scientist confirmed a verified sighting of northern bush honeysuckle, a low shrub native to eastern North America, in a remote part of Ontario's Algoma District. The observation adds a data point to the plant's known range in an unorganized, sparsely documented territory.
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Original paper
northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) observed in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part
Research-grade observation of northern bush honeysuckle in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part.
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