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Berry Vines - Honeysuckle

        

Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family
Coral Honeysuckle (Woodbine, Trumpet Honeysuckle) Lonicera sempervirens
Scarlet flower 1-2" long with orange interior and yellow anthers. Clusters of flowers grow from two round, fused, leaf-like bracts. Vine is woody. Leaves are paired. Berries are about 1/4" wide and go from green, yellow, orange to red.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May-June 2004
(Purchased, native of east Texas - not listed wild in my area)

        

Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family
Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
Flowers white/pink to yellow, grow at leaf nodes from a pair of bracts that are much smaller than the leaves. Semi-evergreen leaves, opposite. New growth leaves are fuzzy. Vine can climb 80 feet, strangle saplings and overshadowing undergrowth. Fruit are shiny black berries.
In the vine photo the brown vines and leaves are the honeysuckle. They are twining up a large grape vine.
Photos taken in Smith County, Texas, November 2006
Flower photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2007
(Introduced, native of Japan and Korea, intrusive - Brown)

Similar Species

White Honeysuckle Lonicera albiflora
Oval leaves. Clusters of white flowers grow from two round, fused, leaf-like bracts.
(Native of Texas, central & west & north - Taylor, Brown, Coke)