Campsis radicans

Trumpet-creeper (Trumpet Vine)

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Family: Bignoniaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: June - July

Trumpet-creeper's large, long showy orange flowers advertise their presence to hummingbirds, and its dense foilage make it attractive to many nesting birds. It is a dense, multi-stemmed, deciduous clinging vine that attaches itself to structures and climbs by aerial rootlets (hence the species name radicans, meaning "with stems that take root"). The vine is vigorous and woody, eventually growing to several centimeters in diameter.

20 July 2014 Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, VA	17 July 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (general growing form when not climbing a tree)	17 July 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (top side of leaves)	17 July 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (leaves viewed from below, showing form)
17 July 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (blossoms before opening)	20 July 2014 Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, VA	17 July 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	17 July 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA

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