Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vitis baileyana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read about Muscadinia and Vitis from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Vitis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Vitis cinerea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vitis vulpina
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-004:
Vitis baileyana FAMILY Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vitis baileyana
COMMON NAME:
Possum Grape
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June
Calyx usually without lobes, petals falling at anthesis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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June
Inflorescence paniculate (to 12cm long when mature), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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June
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June Rabun County GA
Berries 5-8mm in diameter [when mature], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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July Spartanburg County SC
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July Spartanburg County SC
Young branches angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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July Spartanburg County SC
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July Spartanburg County SC
Leaves glabrous to very slightly arachnoid-pubescent beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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July Spartanburg County SC
Branchlets of the season angled; nodes usually banded with red pigmentation, per Weakley's Flora.
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July Spartanburg County SC
Leaves often deeply lobed, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of grape-like species
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JK Marlow jkm140711_798
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2872
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2873
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vitis baileyana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Vitis cinerea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vitis vulpina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-004:
Vitis baileyana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vitis baileyana
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Woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous
Habitat: forests and woodlands, mostly bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green/ Greenish
Radially symmetrical
Calyx usually unlobed
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purple
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p300?
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p191
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p378
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