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Northeastern Bindweed

Calystegia sepium subsp. americana

Also listed as Convolvulus americanus

In the Carolinas and Georgia, found in openings, woodland edges, brackish shores, salt marshes. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not scored

Native status unresolved in Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 53%

Light
Partial shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to moist
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At a glance

Bloom
July to October

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

Height: NC species account not read yet.

Spread, life cycle and leaves: no source found yet.

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

County records are not available.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Calystegia

  • Emmelina monodactylaMorning-Glory Plume Moth
  • Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Convolvulaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Calystegia sepium; Calystegia sepium subsp. americana

Conservation status

Louisiana rankSNR
Global rankG5T5
LA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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