OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 7 taxa in the family Bignoniaceae, Trumpet Creeper family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Crossvine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Bignonia capreolata   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Bignonia capreolata   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Anisostichus capreolata 167-01-001   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, bottomlands, forests, woodlands. Though primarily a species of swamp and bottomland forests, Bignonia capreolata often occurs as well in mesic or even dry forests, where it generally remains stunted (most individuals with only a few leaves) and does not flower or fruit

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (rare in Mountains of NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Claw-vine, Cat's-claw-vine

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dolichandra unguis-cati   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Macfadyena unguis-cati   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fruit groves, hammock edges, cultivated and naturalized

Rare

Non-native: tropical America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Trumpetcreeper, Trumpet Vine, Cow-Itch Vine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Campsis radicans   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Campsis radicans   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Campsis radicans 167-02-001   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, swamp forests, fencerows, old fields, forests, thickets, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Catalpa, Fishbait Tree, Cigar Tree

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Catalpa bignonioides   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Catalpa bignonioides   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Catalpa bignonioides 167-03-001   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomlands and streambanks (as a native), escaped or persistent after cultivation

Uncommon

Native to Coastal Plain of SC & GA, early naturalized in a more widespread area

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern Catalpa, Indian Cigar Tree, Catawba Tree

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Catalpa speciosa   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Catalpa speciosa   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Catalpa speciosa 167-03-002   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, stream banks, and mesic upland forests (as a native), also old fields, roadsides, moist disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, eastwards of its native range escaped or persistent after cultivation, and sometimes thoroughly naturalized

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native: west of Carolinas & Georgia, early naturalized in a more widespread area

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Farges Catalpa

Catalpa fargesii

PLANTS National Database: Catalpa fargesii   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

 

Non-native

 


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Common Name: Chinese Catalpa

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Catalpa ovata   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Catalpa ovata   FAMILY: Bignoniaceae

 

Habitat: Suburban woodlands

Non-native: China

 


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