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Chèvrefeuille du Japon
Lonicera japonica
Une liane ligneuse grimpante, volubile et semi-persistante, cultivée historiquement pour ses fleurs au parfum sucré qui s'ouvrent blanches puis virent au jaune, embaumant les soirées chaudes, suivies de petites baies noires. Le piège honnête, et il est sérieux : Lonicera japonica est l'une des lianes envahissantes les plus agressives dans une grande partie de l'est et du centre des États-Unis. Elle étouffe les arbustes, les jeunes arbres et les strates herbacées indigènes sous un manteau dense, étrangle les tiges en s'enroulant, et figure comme mauvaise herbe nuisible ou envahissante dans de nombreux États. NE la plantez PAS là où elle peut s'échapper vers des terrains sauvages ou non gérés. Pour le même parfum et une valeur faunique bien supérieure sans le coût écologique, plantez plutôt le chèvrefeuille de corail indigène (Lonicera sempervirens).
Climate fit: moderate (44/100)
Structure
Light
Full sun / Part shade
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
192-354" tall · 48" apart
Hardy in zones
5a-8b
very cold to frosty winters
Native in Illinois
No
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Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✓
Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 40 ecoregions — 34 climate-resilient through 2070 · 5 suited today · 1 newly possible by 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Colorado Rockies forests
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Cross-Timbers savanna-woodland
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Chèvrefeuille du Japon (Lonicera japonica). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/lonicera-japonica
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
University extension service
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