Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



4. Trumpet Flower. Trumpet Creeper. (Tecoma radicans.) 

 Leaf: pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 7-11, coarsely serrate, 

 ovate to oval, base and apex pointed, 2-3' long. Flower : 

 scarlet outside, orange inside (corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed), 2^-3 

 long, clustered ; June-August ; fruit a pod, 5'-6' long, curved. 

 Pennsylvania to Illinois, and south ; cultivated ; climbing by 

 short rootlets ending '\x\. flat disks j woody stems. (PI. I.) 



5. Northern Fox-grape. (Vitis labrusca.) 



Leaf : 4' -6' wide, simple, alternate, serrate, variably lobed, 

 roundish, base cordate, very woolly both sides when young (as 

 also branchlets), continuing rusty woolly beneath. Flower : 

 greenish, small, clustered ; June ; berries large, purple or amber, 

 with musky flavor ; with clasping tendrils growing from branch ; 

 tendril or flower-cluster opposite every leaf ; in all other grapes, 

 intermittent ; eastward. (PI. I.) 



6. Summer Grape. (Vitis aestivalis.) 

 Leaf : 4'-;' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, commonly 

 3-5-lobed, roundish, base cordate, downy beneath at first, then 

 smoothish and whitish. Flower : greenish, in long clusters ; 

 June ; berries small, black, with bloom ; tendrils from stalk. 

 (PL L) 



7. Winter Grape. Frost Grape. (Vitis cordifolia.) 

 Leaf : 3-5' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, often a 

 little 3-lobed, roundish, base cordate, apex sharp, green both 

 sides, thin, ribs beneath usually hairy. Flower : in large, 

 loose clusters, very fragrant ; May, June ; berries small, black or 

 blue, with bloom, very sour until after frost ; tendrils from stalk. 



8. Southern Fox-grape. Muscadine. (Vitis rotundifolia.) 

 Leaf : 2'-3' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, rarely 

 lobed (slightly), roundish, base cordate, glossy both sides. 

 Flower: in small dense clusters; May; berries large, musky, 

 purplish, no bloom, tough-skinned ; bark not "shreddy ' as in 

 other grapes. Maryland, west and south ; tendrils from stalk. 



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