Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ampelopsis glandulosa
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read a taxonomic advisory about Porcelain-berry from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Porcelain-berry from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ampelopsis glandulosa
INCLUDING New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Ampelopsis heterophylla var. brevipedunculata
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-002:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata FAMILY Vitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ampelopsis heterophylla
COMMON NAME:
Porcelain-berry, Amur Peppervine
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JK Marlow jkm140523_135
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140523_136
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
It is difficult to distinguish from a native grape based on leaf shape alone.
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JK Marlow jkm140523_138
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves may have multiple incised, rounded to scalloped lobes, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm140523_174
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140528_225
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Young twigs pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140528_251
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140528_255
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140609_671
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140609_679
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Raised dots (lenticels) become corky and reddish, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm140609_682
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
New stems whitish green, smooth to lightly hairy, with swollen nodes, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm140609_684
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves heart-shaped in outline but variable in form, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm140610_693695
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Pith is white, while native grape pith is brown, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm140622_137
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100717_061
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100717_065
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Flowers in numerous tiny-branched clusters (cymes) opposite new leaves, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).
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JK Marlow jkm100717_067
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves simple and palmately veined (grape-like), 3(-5) lobed, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
COMPARE
leaves of grape-like species
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JK Marlow jkm150804_569
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Multi-colored fruits look like porcelain balls, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm150804_571
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Calyx saucer-shaped, lobes usually obsolete. Petals separate, greenish-yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140930_982983b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Fruits vary from white to yellow to pastel shades of green, blue and purple, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ampelopsis glandulosa
FAMILY
Vitaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ampelopsis glandulosa
INCLUDING
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Ampelopsis heterophylla var. brevipedunculata
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-002:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ampelopsis heterophylla
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Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous
Habitat: Riverbanks, thickets and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: northeast Asia
Uncommon in NC & in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council, 2012
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council
- NC Botanical Garden
- NC Department of Transportation
- SC Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2014
- US Forest Service Southern Research Station
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2014
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
Saucer-shaped calyx, lobes usually obsolete
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Purple/ White/ Yellowish
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p204
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010) p060
- Invasive Exotic Plants of North Carolina (Smith, 2008) p084
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p092
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p20
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p061
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