Diervilla sessilifolia

Classification	Dicots
Family	Diervillaceae
Family (Traditional)	Caprifoliaceae
Genus	Diervilla
Species:	Diervilla sessilifolia Buckley
Common Name	Southern Bush Honeysuckle
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Petiole Type: subsessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: serrate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value
Status	Native; TN[S3] (State Rank); G4? (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Campbell (KY), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), Monroe (TN), Polk (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Unicoi (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BOON, EKY, ETSU, KNK, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1964 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	20 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Diervilla sessilifolia
APSC0019637	Knox	Tennessee	14 Jul 1964	Wayne Chester 245	APSC Diervilla sessilifolia
APSC0019628	Polk	Tennessee	05 Jun 2009	Aaron Floden 911	APSC Diervilla sessilifolia
UCHT027478	Sequatchie	Tennessee			UCHT Diervilla sessilifolia
UCHT027477	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Diervilla sessilifolia
APSC0019636	Monroe	Tennessee	10 Apr 1979	B. Eugene Wofford with B. Boom and M. Whitten 79-36	APSC Diervilla sessilifolia
UCHT035790	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Diervilla sessilifolia
ETSU014854	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Diervilla sessilifolia
31234100352705	Unicoi	Tennessee	10 Jun 1980	Brian Boom 545	EKY Diervilla sessilifolia
31973000008139	Campbell	Kentucky			KNK Diervilla sessilifolia
013135	Hamilton	Tennessee			BOON Diervilla sessilifolia
31234100352697	Polk	Tennessee	11 Jun 1979	B. Eugene Wofford 79-118	EKY Diervilla sessilifolia
UCHT027475	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Diervilla sessilifolia
ETSU031702	Sevier	Tennessee			ETSU Diervilla sessilifolia
UCHT027473	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Diervilla sessilifolia
ETSU014853	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Diervilla sessilifolia
31234100352648	Monroe	Tennessee	09 Jun 1979	A. J. Sharp s.n.	EKY Diervilla sessilifolia
APSC0040150	Sequatchie	Tennessee			APSC Diervilla sessilifolia
UCHT027476	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Diervilla sessilifolia

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Diervilla sessilifolia

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