Native Alternatives to Honeysuckle Species

Serviceberry (above) and spicebush (right) make
wonderful alternatives to invasive honeysuckle species.
Photos © TNC

Spicebush

INVASIVE SPECIES	NATIVE ALTERNATIVES
Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle)	Amelanchier arborea (serviceberry)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow honeysuckle)	Amelanchier laevis (serviceberry)
Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle)	Aronia melanocarpa (chokeberry)
Lonicera Xbella (showy pink honeysuckle)	Clethra alnifolia (summersweet) *
	Cornus alternifolia (alternate-leaf dogwood)
	Corylus americana (American hazelnut)
	Crataegus crus-galli
	(Crusader/ Inermis hawthorn)
	Crataegus phaenopyrum
	(Washington hawthorn) *
	Crataegus viridis (Winterking hawthorn) *
	Hamamelis virginiana (witch-hazel)
	Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
	Physocarpus opulifolius (ninebark)
	Rhus copallina (shining or winged sumac)
	Viburnum prunifolium (black haw)

* indicates native to region, but not Ohio