Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Lonicera tatarica
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- CommonName
- Tartarian honeysuckle
- Presence
- Yes
- Status
- exotic
- EarliestDate
- 2006
- LatestDate
- 2018
- Ecosystem
- shrubland, urban
- Geobotanical
- SSanjuans, NCristos
- Counties
- Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Other Localities
- Comments
- From the Watershed there are only two records of Tartarian honeysuckle: in the Baca NWR (2006) where it may have escaped cultivation; and in the Monte Vista NWP (2021, iNaturalist observation #80904547). This exotic became a popular ornamental in the 19th century, and its subsequent naturalization in the northern USA states has been vexatious. There is little evidence that the Watershed has suffered from the proliferation of escaped plants in the wild, although the bush is still cultivated as an ornamental in towns such as Del Norte and Alamosa. There is no record of escapes farther down the Rio Grande drainage, either in New Mexico or Texas.
- Annotation