It is unlawful in most areas to pick or dig up these flowers, as many are protected species.
Most nature preserves have a center where they offer educational material or have displays that will identify the natural elements found there.
Unlike rampant Oriental bittersweet (which has rounded leaves rather than the narrow, tapered leaves of the native species), American bittersweet is not invasive and is so rare in certain areas that it's a protected species.
 See also: Flower
  
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