Bignonia capreolata

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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.
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Natural range of Bignonia capreolata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: crossvine

Taxonomic Notes

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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.[1]

Associated species of B. capreolata include Liquidambar styraciflua, Vitis rotundifolia, Quercus spp., and Myrica cerifera.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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