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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 19 taxa in the family Vitaceae, Grape family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Virginia Creeper
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parthenocissus quinquefolia FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parthenocissus quinquefolia FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Parthenocissus quinquefolia 120-01-001 FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, bottomlands, maritime forests and thickets, rock outcrops, mesic forests
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Thicket Creeper, Woodbine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parthenocissus inserta FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parthenocissus vitacea FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Maritime thickets, rich alluvial forests, rich forests over mafic rocks, roadsides, and dumps
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Muscadine, Scuppernong
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Muscadinia rotundifolia var. rotundifolia FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis rotundifolia 120-02-001 FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Dry upland forests (especially sandy or rocky), other forests, swamps, dunes, roadsides, thickets
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Munson Grape, Bullace Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Muscadinia rotundifolia var. munsoniana FAMILY: Vitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vitis rotundifolia var. munsoniana FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Pinelands, scrub, floodplain forests, banks of blackwater rivers
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Fox Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vitis labrusca FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis labrusca FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis labrusca 120-02-002 FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodlands, mainly in wet to moist situations
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Concord Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vitis ×alexanderi FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis ×labruscana FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Commonly cultivated as a table grape, sometimes persistent after cultivation
Hybrid of native and non-native
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Common Name:
Frost Grape, Winter Grape, Chicken Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vitis vulpina FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis vulpina FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis vulpina 120-02-003 FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodlands, primarily upland, but also in bottomlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Possum Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vitis baileyana FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis cinerea var. baileyana FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis baileyana 120-02-004 FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodlands, mostly bottomlands
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Summer Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis 120-02-005a FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodlands, mostly upland
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Silverleaf Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis aestivalis var. argentifolia 120-02-005b FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodlands, mostly upland
Common in Mountains
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Graybark Grape, Pigeon Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vitis cinerea FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis cinerea var. cinerea FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis cinerea var. cinerea 120-02-006a FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Hammocks, moist forests
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Florida Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vitis simpsonii FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis cinerea var. floridana FAMILY: Vitaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis cinerea var. floridana 120-02-006b FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Hammocks, floodplain and other moist forests
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Riverbank Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vitis riparia FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis riparia FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vitis riparia 120-02-007x FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodlands, mostly moist to wet
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: European Wine Grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vitis vinifera FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vitis vinifera FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Increasingly cultivated in our area, especially in VA and NC, now significant wine-producing areas
Planted
Non-native
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Common Name:
Peppervine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nekemias arborea FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nekemias arborea FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ampelopsis arborea 120-03-001 FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, marshes, wet thickets, moist to wet maritime forests
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Porcelain-berry, Amur Peppervine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ampelopsis glandulosa FAMILY: Vitaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ampelopsis brevipedunculata FAMILY: Vitaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 120-03-002 FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Riverbanks, thickets and disturbed areas
Uncommon in NC & in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)
Non-native: northeast Asia
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Common Name:
American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ampelopsis cordata FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ampelopsis cordata FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ampelopsis cordata 120-03-003 FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Moist forests, bottomlands, and thickets, particularly where disturbed
Uncommon in SC, rare in GA & NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Marine-ivy, Sorrel-vine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cissus trifoliata FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cissus trifoliata FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Coastal hammocks, dunes, disturbed coastal areas, inland in exposed bluffs, glades, and rocky, open woodlands, disturbed thickets, agricultural field edges
Rare
Native to Georgia Coastal Plain (introduced in NC, and possibly in SC)
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Common Name:
Bushkiller, Sorrel Vine
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Causonis japonica FAMILY: Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cayratia japonica FAMILY: Vitaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlands
Rare
Non-native: southeast Asia
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