Parthenocissus quinquefolia

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NAMING

Scientific Name: Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Family: Vitaceae
Common: Virginia creeper

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Wet -> Dry
Range: Eastern North America

TREE TRUNK

Size: Climbing Vine
Bark: –

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: alternate
Leaf type: palmately compound
Leaf margin: coarsely serrated
Leaf shape: obovate
Leaf blade length: 4 to 8 inches long
Leaf venation: pinnate
Leaf color: green
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: green color
Fruit: purplish berry

USES

Wildlife – eat the fruit

Commercial – None

TOLERANCES

Fire – Low
Flood – Low
Shade – Intermediate
Salt – Moderate
Drought – High

Vitis aestivalis

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NAMING

Scientific Name: Vitis aestivalis
Family: Vitaceae
Common: summer grape

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Wet -> Dry
Range: TX -> MN -> FL

TREE TRUNK

Size: Climbing Vine
Bark: Shreddy bark but stays tight

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: alternate
Leaf type: simple
Leaf margin: serrated
Leaf shape: variable
Leaf blade length: –
Leaf venation: –
Leaf color: green glaborous
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: –
Fruit: small berries

USES

Wildlife – eat the fruit

Commercial – wine and jelly (not as popular as muscadine)

TOLERANCES

Fire – Low
Flood – Low
Shade – High
Salt – No
Drought – High

Vitis rotundifolia

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NAMING

Scientific Name: Vitis rotundifolia
Family: Vitaceae
Common: muscadine

HABITAT

Native
Habitat: Woodlands, Hammocks, Dunes
Range: FL -> DE -> TX

TREE TRUNK

Size: Climbing Vine
Bark: Woody
Has Tendrils

LEAVES

Leaf arrangement: alternate
Leaf type: simple
Leaf margin: dentate
Leaf shape: chordate to orbital
Leaf blade length: –
Leaf venation: –
Leaf color: green glaborous
Leaf persistence: deciduous

REPRODUCTION

Flowers: cream-colored, clustered
Fruit: round, purplish

USES

Wildlife – love the fruit to eat

Commercial – wine and jelly

TOLERANCES

Fire – Low
Shade – Intermediate
Salt – Low