Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ampelopsis cordata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelopsis cordata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 120-03-003:
Ampelopsis cordata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Ampelopsis, Raccoon-grape, False-grape
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_amco2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_amco2_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150519_077
May Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150519_077b
May Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence noticeably broader than long. Flower petals separate, per www.missouriplants.com.
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JK Marlow jkm150519_079
May Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ampelopsis_cordata
May Chester County SC
Landsford Canal State Park
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ampelopsis_cordatab
May Chester County SC
Landsford Canal State Park
Leaves simple, grape-like, not lobed, to 12cm long and 9cm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ampelopsis_cordata_3
September
The fruit is a blue berry, not edible by humans, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.