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Synonyms: ''Anisostichus capreolata'' (Linnaeus) Bureau; ''Anisostichus crucigera'' (Linnaeus)<ref name=weakley>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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Revision as of 11:51, 22 May 2023

Bignonia capreolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Bignonia
Species: B. capreolata
Binomial name
Bignonia capreolata
L.
BIGN CAPR DIST.jpg
Natural range of Bignonia capreolata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: crossvine

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Anisostichus capreolata (Linnaeus) Bureau; Anisostichus crucigera (Linnaeus)[1]

Varieties: none[1]

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

B. capreolata is a climbing vine often found in the crowns and mid-stories of hardwood trees. Its natural communities include mixed pine-hardwood forests and forest edges, annually burned savannas, mesic hammocks, old hardwood forests, sandhill slopes, ravines, and floodplains. B. capreolata can grow in low or upland areas in loamy sand.[2]

Associated species of B. capreolata include Liquidambar styraciflua, Vitis rotundifolia, Quercus spp., and Myrica cerifera.[2]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2023. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Chris Buddenhagen, Kevin England, Robert K. Godfrey, Brian R. Keener, R. Komarek, and John B. Nelson. States and counties: Alabama: Limestone. Florida: Holmes, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia: Grady