Oblongifolia: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 

	erect shrubs; NOT [somewhat twining shrub]
	pith of branches filling the entire core
	pith of branches white; NOT [pith of branches brown]
	leavers not connate-perfoliate
	leaves densely puberulent, at least below; NOT [leaves subglabrous to lightly pilose below]
	inflorescence axillary; NOT [inflorescence a terminal cluster]
	flowers in pairs
	bracts below flowers thin or minute; NOT [bracts below flowers large, broad, and leaf-like]
	berries of the two flowers more or less united; NOT [berries of the two flowers separate]
	ovaries only partly united, with berries distinguishable; NOT [ovaries completely fused, ripening into a single bluish black berry]

Lonicera: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

	plants erect or twining shrubs; NOT [plants low, slender, trailing, evergreen shrub]
	leaves simple, at most deeply lobed; NOT [leaves pinnately compound]
	leaves with entire or wavy margins; NOT [leaves with finely toothed margins]
	inflorescence axillary as well as terminal; NOT [inflorescence all terminal]
	flowers mostly in pairs; NOT [flowers in clusters]
	calyx with short lobes; NOT [calyx with 5 linear lobes]
	flowers mostly irregular; NOT [flowers more or less regular]
	corolla funnelform or tubular; NOT [corolla campanulate], NOT [corolla rotate]
	flowers with 5 stamens; NOT [flowers with 4 stamens]
	fruit a berry; NOT [fruit a capsule], NOT [fruit a drupe containing a flattened stone]
	fruit red, yellow or black; NOT [fruit white or purplish]

Caprifoliaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 

	large shrubs; NOT [dwarf shrubs], NOT [trees], NOT [herbs]
	leaves opposite or whorled; NOT [leaves alternate]
	stems bearing few to several flowers; NOT [stems bearing a solitary flower]
	flowers with two floral rings
	petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell
	stamens 5; NOT [stamens 2], NOT [stamens 5-10]
	ovary inferior; NOT [ovary superior]
	fruit fleshy; NOT [fruit a capsule]