Trumpet Vine

Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans / Bignoniaceae). The genus Campsis is composed of 2 species of woody vines (lianas) nativeto eastern Asia. It flowers in July and August and grows in thickets and fence rows. It is very plentiful in old tobacco fields in southern Maryland. This is not a commercial lumber species and thus, no technical information is available on the properties of the wood.

Characteristics found in the Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans):

• Ring porous
• Tangential/Ulmiform latewood
• Spirals in vessels
• I/V pits medium (8-12)
• Rays 1-4 seriate & heterocellular