OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon 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

 


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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

 


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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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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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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