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Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans)

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Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans)

Trumpet Creeper is a very common, ornamental but weedy, high-climbing, deciduous vine with orange-red tubular, hummingbird-attracting flowers that appear in summer.

Durham, NC 6/17/09.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) flower

Clarendon Co., SC 6/14/07.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) fruit

Durham, NC 6/17/2009.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) fruit

Durham, NC 6/17/2009.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) fruit

The long pods, which ripen in the fall, are filled with numerous papery-winged seeds.

Durham, NC 9/11/08.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) fruit

Durham, NC 9/11/08.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) flower fruit

Durham Co., NC 8/17/03.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) bark

Bark is pale tan and shreddy.

Clarendon Co., SC 6/14/07.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) bark

The aerial rootlets, which attach the stems to the trees they grow up (such as this Loblolly Pine), are also pale tan.

Orange Co., NC 3/20/10.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) and Eastern Poison-Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Trumpet Creeper intertwined with Eastern Poison-Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans).

Orange Co., NC 2/20/2011.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) bark

Bark of a large stem.

Madison Co., NC 7/29/2012.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) bark

Madison Co., NC 7/29/2012.

Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) bark

Covering a cliffside.

Madison Co., NC 7/29/2012.

More information:
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Poisonous Plants of NC
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