Form: This is a shrub that develops arched branches and multiple stems.

Leaves:
             

Arrangement: opposite, simple

Shape: ovate with long-acuminate apex

Margin: entire

Texture: glabrous

Venation: pinnate

Bark: It has non-exfoliating bark with conspicuous interlacing ridges.

Twigs and buds: It's twigs are hollow and it has small buds.

Flowers and fruit: Persistent red berries are born on short stalks.

Distinguishing characteristics: Look for it's red soft berries, white-yellow flowers, opposite arrangement. It often grows in clumps and has a woody stems which distinguishes it from Japanese honeysuckle which is more of a vine.

Range: Eastern U.S. Introduced from Manchuria and Korea.

Silvics: It's best growth occurs in full sunlight, but will pretty much grow anywhere.

Ecological and cultural importance: Highly invasive exotic, that displaces native plant populations.