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VINES
(Page updated 09/20/13)
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Trumpet Creeper, Campsis radicans
The following 20 species of Vines have been positively identified at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History. A vine may be an ornamental plant, native plant, or invasive plant species.
NOTE: If you have expertise in Vine identification and would like to help survey the species at Hilton Pond Center, please contact us at RESEARCH. (Photos and/or other information are available by clicking on underlined common names below.)
Family numbers below are after Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles & Bell, UNC Press 1968).
* = Introduced species
41. LILIACEAE (Lily Family)
(1 species)
- Greenbrier Smilax spp. (several)
43. DIOSCOREACEAE (Yam Family)
(1 species)
- Cinnamon Vine or Chinese Yam* Dioscorea polystachya
79. MENISPERMACEAE (Moonseed Family)
(1 species)
97. ROSACEAE (Rose Family)
(2 species)
98. FABACEAE or LEGUMINOSAE (Pea or Legume Family)
(2 species)
110. ANACARDIACEAE (Cashew Family)
(1 species)
- Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans (formerly Rhus radicans or R. toxicodendron)
113. CELASTRACEAE (Bittersweet Family)
(1 species)
- Wintercreeper* Euonymus fortunei
120. VITACEAE (Grape Family)
(2 species)
- Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
- Grape Vitis sp. (several)
139. ARALIACEAE (Aralia or Ginseng Family)
(1 species)
- English Ivy* Hedera helix
154. LOGANIACEAE (Logania Family)
(1 species)
156. APOCYNACEAE (Dogbane Family)
(2 species)
157. ASCLEPIADACEAE (Milkweed Family) Note: Some authorities lump this family with #156.
(1 species)
- Anglepod Gonolobus suberosus (formerly Matelea suberosa)
167. BIGNONIACEAE (Bignonia Family)
(2 species)
174. CAPRIFOLIACEAE (Honeysuckle Family)
(2 species)
- Japanese Honeysuckle* Lonicera japonica
- Trumpet Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens (photo right)
* = Introduced species
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