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Habitat: In a wide range of habitats, from swamp forests to dry uplands and thickets, also commonly planted as an ornamental
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The vine twines upward from left to right, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Rich yellow, funnel-shaped flowers w 5 spreading lobes, on short pedicels, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Leaves are evergreen, opposite, lanceolate to elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Habitat: Swamp forests, bottomlands, forests, woodlands. Though primarily a species of swamp and bottomland forests, Bignonia capreolata often occurs as well in mesic or even dry forests, where it generally remains stunted (most individuals with only a few leaves) and does not flower or fruit
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Leaves compound with only 2 leaflets (appearing as 4 leaves per node), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Leaves are compound, having two leaflets and a branched tendril between them. — Clemson Extension
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Trumpet or bell-shaped reddish or maroon corolla w 5 flaring yellow lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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It climbs by its curly tendrils and the small adhesive disks at their tips, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
Habitat: Bottomland forests, swamp forests, fencerows, old fields, forests, thickets, disturbed areas
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The capsule is fusiform [a long narrow ellipse with pointed ends], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Flowers trumpet-shaped, corolla slightly 2-lipped with 5 flared lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Leaves are pinnately compound; leaflets are ovate. — Clemson Extension
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Fruit a plump, elongate capsule filled with winged seed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).