Landscape Structure and Spread of the Exotic Shrub Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) in Southwestern Ohio Forests
The American Midland NaturalistPublished 1 April 1998
Todd F. Hutchinson, John L. Vankat
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Abstract
The Asian shrub Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder has been widely used as an ornamental in the eastern United States. First planted in Oxford, Ohio, around 1960, it has since spread into forest patches in the surrounding agricultural landscape. Despite its abundance, and its bird-dispersed fruits, the spread of Lonicera maackii has been unequal in different directions, with local distribution limits much farther N than W of Oxford. Our objective was to determine whether the distribution limits of L. maackii in these two directions were correlated with differences in landscape structure: percentage of forest land and degree of forest connectivity. Aerial surveys were used to determine the current distribution of L. maackii in forest patches in a belt transecting N and W from Oxford. The N transect, which had more extensive spread of L. maackii, had greater forest cover and connectivity. In both transects, L. maackii reached its distribution limit when forest cover dropped to <5% and forest connectivity was 0%. Large expanses of agricultural land apparently act as a barrier to the dispersal of this naturalized shrub.
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