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PLANTS

Blue honeysuckle

Lonicera caerulea

Plants
NativeShrubPerennial
Blue honeysuckle, photo 1 of 5
Blue honeysuckle, In flower
Blue honeysuckle, In fruit

Perennial shrub. Grows in conifers and in marshes.

There are 661 observations of Blue honeysuckle in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in May and become rare from October to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec240
  2. Côte-Nord198
  3. Abitibi-Témiscamingue70
  4. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean51
  5. Capitale-Nationale26
  6. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine16
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches13
  8. Estrie13
  9. Bas-Saint-Laurent12
  10. Lanaudière8
  11. Outaouais5
  12. Mauricie4
  13. Centre-du-Québec3
  14. Montérégie2

Habitat

ConifersTaskoff
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

Similar species

TOXIC
Dwarf honeysuckleLonicera xylosteum
Mountain fly honeysuckleLonicera villosa
Bog blueberryVaccinium uliginosum
Tatarian honeysuckleLonicera tatarica
American fly honeysuckleLonicera canadensis
Alaska blueberryVaccinium ovalifolium
Autumn oliveElaeagnus umbellata
Morrow's honeysuckleLonicera morrowii
WolfberrySymphoricarpos occidentalis
SweetgaleMyrica gale
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum
TOXIC
Common SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus