Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ampelopsis cordata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about American Ampelopsis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelopsis cordata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-003:
Ampelopsis cordata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Ampelopsis, Raccoon-grape, False-grape
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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.
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-003:
Ampelopsis cordata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in SC, rare in GA-NC
Look for it in moist forests, bottomlands, and thickets, particularly where disturbed, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-white
Bisexual & unisexual
Radially symmetrical
Saucer-shaped calyx, lobes usually obsolete
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Blue/Black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p092
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p20
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p061