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Diervilla rivularis, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
(c) Jared Gorrell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY-NC
#1590 most planted

Diervilla rivularis

Mountain bush-honeysuckle · also Hairy bush-honeysuckle, Mountain bush honeysuckle

28
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
9.1 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)

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Diervilla rivularis is a compact, perennial shrub with trumpet-shaped, pale yellow to greenish yellow flowers and hairy, oval leaves. It is native to the southern Appalachian Mountains, growing in moist wooded and disturbed areas. The plant prefers moist habitats and is considered "somewhat threatened" by habitat loss.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Boston · United States
    289.1 yr—

Traits

Mature height
3–6 ft
Water needs
High

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
  • Appalachian Piedmont forests
  • Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests

Other Diervilla in the catalogue

3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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