OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

Your search found 19 taxa in the family Vitaceae, Grape family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Virginia Creeper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parthenocissus quinquefolia   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parthenocissus quinquefolia   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Parthenocissus quinquefolia 120-01-001   FAMILY: Vitaceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, bottomlands, maritime forests and thickets, rock outcrops, mesic forests

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Thicket Creeper, Woodbine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Parthenocissus inserta   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Parthenocissus vitacea   FAMILY: Vitaceae

 

Habitat: Maritime thickets, rich alluvial forests, rich forests over mafic rocks, roadsides, and dumps

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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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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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Peppervine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nekemias arborea   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nekemias arborea   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ampelopsis arborea 120-03-001   FAMILY: Vitaceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, marshes, wet thickets, moist to wet maritime forests

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Porcelain-berry, Amur Peppervine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ampelopsis glandulosa   FAMILY: Vitaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ampelopsis brevipedunculata   FAMILY: Vitaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 120-03-002   FAMILY: Vitaceae

 

Habitat: Riverbanks, thickets and disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC & in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA & SC)

Non-native: northeast Asia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ampelopsis cordata   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ampelopsis cordata   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ampelopsis cordata 120-03-003   FAMILY: Vitaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, bottomlands, and thickets, particularly where disturbed

Uncommon in SC, rare in GA & NC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Marine-ivy, Sorrel-vine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cissus trifoliata   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cissus trifoliata   FAMILY: Vitaceae

 

Habitat: Coastal hammocks, dunes, disturbed coastal areas, inland in exposed bluffs, glades, and rocky, open woodlands, disturbed thickets, agricultural field edges

Rare

Native to Georgia Coastal Plain (introduced in NC, and possibly in SC)

 


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camera icon Common Name: Bushkiller, Sorrel Vine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Causonis japonica   FAMILY: Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cayratia japonica   FAMILY: Vitaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, suburban woodlands

Rare

Non-native: southeast Asia

 


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