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Your search found 7 taxa in the family Bignoniaceae, Trumpet Creeper family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (rare in Mountains of NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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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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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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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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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
Common Name:
Farges Catalpa
PLANTS National Database: Catalpa fargesii FAMILY: Bignoniaceae
Non-native
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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