Japanese honeysuckle's range extends from southern New York and New Jersey south to southern Florida and west to southwestern Texas. The prolific growth of evergreen foliage provides deer with an excellent food source in fall and winter. Deer utilization of Japanese honeysuckle is particularly heavy during periods of thick snow cover. The fruit of Japanese honeysuckle is used by a wide variety of game and songbirds. Northern bobwhite quail, hermit thrush, and tufted titmice regularly eat Japanese honeysuckle fruit.
Japanese honeysuckle has a relatively high nutrient value.
Japanese honeysuckle is highly tolerant of adverse sites and has been grown successfully on mine spoils in the eastern United States. Japanese honeysuckle can be used for wildlife habitat and watershed protection. Japanese honeysuckle has been cultivated in the southeastern United States for its fragrant and showy flowers. Japanese honeysuckle has escaped cultivation and become widespread in the eastern and southern United States. Its dense vines climb on the trunks and branches of large trees and shrubs and will even climb on other vines.