Besides insects drinking nectar, and birds eating berries, White-tailed Deer will eat the plants themselves.

Many small animals also use Japanese Honeysuckle as cover and protection. Wild Turkey, Northern Bobwhite, Eastern Cottontail, squirrels, American Toad, salamanders, frogs, and many insects do this. Deer often use honeysuckle growing on the ground as a bed.

Japanese Honeysuckle flowers bloom from April to July.

Relationships in Nature:

Animals Using as Food Source	Animals Using as Shelter	Associations With Other Plants	OTHER
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Wild Turkey	Eastern Redcedar	White Oak Pa
Honey Bee	White-tailed Deer	Willow Oak	Eastern Redcedar H
Golden Northern Bumble Bee	Eastern Cottontail	White Oak	American Beech H
White-tailed Deer	Eastern Gray Squirrel	American Beech	Yellow Poplar H
Tufted Titmouse	Northern Bobwhite	Yellow Poplar	Sassfras H
Eastern Bluebird	Eastern Chipmunk	Sassafras	Virginia Pine H
Northern Bobwhite	American Toad	Virginia Pine	Sweetgum H
Northern Mockingbird	Chinese Mantid	Sweetgum	American Elm H
American Goldfinch	Rabid Wolf Spider	American Elm	Mockernut Hickory H
Woodchuck	Black and Yellow Argiope	Eastern White Pine	Red Maple H
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Garden Centipede	Mockernut Hickory	Flowering Dogwood H
Hummingbird Moth	Northern Ringneck Snake	Red Maple	Poison Ivy H
Pipevine Swallowtail	Wood Frog	Flowering Dogwood	Highbush Blueberry H
	Spotted Salamander	Poison Ivy	Hummingbird Moth Po
	Isopod	Highbush Blueberry	Evergreen Blackberry H
	Black Carpenter Ant	Greenbrier	Eastern Bluebird D
	Horned Fungus Beetle	Loblolly Pine	Ruby-throated Hummingbird Po
	Fiery Searcher	Evergreen Blackberry	Honey Bee Po
	Convergent Ladybug Beetle	Smooth Sumac	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Po
	Six-spotted Tiger Beetle		Pipevine Swallowtail Po

Relationship to Humans:

As mentioned above, some people love Japanese Honeysuckle and some people hate it. Even though it crowds out native plants, many people grow it on purpose, especially as a groundcover. Others grow it because they like the smell it gives off in early Summer and the pretty flowers which attract wildlife. Also, sometimes Japanese Honeysuckle can crowd out other climbing plants which are undesirable, such as Poison Ivy.

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM Plant DIVISION Magnoliophyta CLASS Magnoliopsida ORDER Dipsacales FAMILY Caprifoliaceae GENUS Lonicera SPECIES Lonicera japonica

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