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Plants
An understory shrub with lemon-scented leaves, early yellow flowers and red autumn fruit.
Field facts
HabitatMoist woods, ravine slopes
RangeStatewide
When to lookFlowers March to April; fruit September
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesNorthern Bush Honeysuckle, Pawpaw saplings
Field note: Host plant to the spicebush swallowtail, whose caterpillar mimics a snake's face.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Crush one leaf at most; the shrub is a key caterpillar host.
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