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Lonicera japonica
Invasive species.
This wooded area on Brazoria National Wildlife refuge has extensive amounts of Japanese Honeysuckle, Chinese Tallow, and Mccartney Rose - all invasive, interspersed in Yaupon and other trees and brush.
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Yes, Japanese Honeysuckle is pretty, but that is one reason it was used as an ornamental, introduced to the United States in 1906 and spread as a problem invasive plant.
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