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§1 Plant

Campsis radicans (L.) Seem. ex Bureau

vernacular trumpet creeper — species · Bignoniaceae

USDA
CARA2
GBIF
3172549
Rank
species
trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans)
Platephotograph · Gary HouseCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Bignoniaceae Juss.
Genus
Campsis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,285 counties across 36 states/territories
Legend Native · 1285 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-13 °F minimum
Frost-free days
165 min.
Precipitation
32–60 in/yr
pH range
4.9–6.8
Root depth
14 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Red
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
136,000
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,285 counties across 36 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 44 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 73 N ▾
California view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 84 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 71 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 41 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 103 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 64 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 66 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 103 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 74 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 69 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 26 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 44 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 46 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 92 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CARA2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3172549 ↗

Record version

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