North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

Bignoniaceae > Campsis (trumpet creeper)

A native vine that grows in thickets, old fields, along forest edges and in various forested habitats, especially bottomlands & swamps.

Trumpet Creeper has compound leaves with oddly shaped and coursely toothed leaflets as seen here on this young sapling.

Long tubular reddish-orange flowers are very important sources of food for hummingbirds.

Seed pods (shown here) split open and release lots of winged, papery seeds.

Trumpet Creeper grows along the ground and will climb trees (like this Loblolly Pine) into the canopy.

Easily recognized by thick, light tan shreddy bark

Growing up a large Loblolly Pine.