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Plant Profile

Southern Bush-honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia)

Global Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Caprifoliaceae
State: AL, GA, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV
Nature Serve ID: 150947
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 01/01/1985

Description:

Diervilla sessilifolia is a North American shrub named in compliment of a French traveler, N. Dierville, who first brought the plant from Canada to Europe in 1699 (Small 1933). There are three Diervilla species, all of them eastern North American: D. lonicera, D. sessilifolia, and D. rivularis (Fernald 1949). All three are deciduous shrubs of small to medium size, spreading by means of underground stems and forming colonies.

Where is Southern Bush-honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Mountain woodlands, bluffs, stream banks, and road banks (Small 1933, Fernald 1949, Dirr 1988, Foote and Jones 1994).

Distribution:

Historically, this species ranged from Georgia, Alabama (north to Warren Co.) to the mountains of northwestern Virginia (the Blue Ridge), West Virginia Radford et al. 1968, Foote and Jones 1994) and T

States & Provinces:

Southern Bush-honeysuckle can be found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Which CPC Partners conserve Southern Bush-honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia)?

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Conservation Actions

10/05/2020

Propagation by seed (sow directly, without pre-treatment) brings consistent good result (Bir 1992).Propagation by softwood cuttings: in June-July, 2,500-5,000 ppm K-IBA, under mist or fog (easily rooted).

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Irina Kadis

01/01/2010

Road construction, right-of-way maintenance Hydroelectric facilities, dams Erosion after logging Disturbance by thinning trees in the immediate proximity Overtopping by arboreal species or fast growing herbs or vines Natural habitats vanish due to pl

Irina Kadis

01/01/2010

Remaining sites and populations is largely unknown.

Irina Kadis

01/01/2010

Research other than propagation is not known. Propagation by seed (sow directly, without pre-treatment) brings consistent good result (Bir 1992). Propagation by softwood cuttings: in June-July, 2,500-5,000 ppm K-IBA, under mist or fog (easily rooted).

Irina Kadis

01/01/2010

There is no formal management plan.

Irina Kadis

01/01/2010

Comparative genetic study of the three Diervilla species would be helpful, as their taxonomic status is not yet clarified.