VITIS 203 



Vitis Labrusca Linne 1753 Northern Fox-grape 



Climbing or twining vines, often ascending tall trees, stems sometimes 

 becoming 6-12 cm. in diameter, bark loose and separating into strips, 

 twigs rusty-pubescent, especially when young; leaves opposite the tendrils, 

 cordate, dentate or deeply lobed, with rounded sinuses, upper surface 

 glabrous or nearly so when mature, tawny or rusty-pubescent beneath, 4-12 

 cm. long, 5-14 cm. wide, petioles 5-10 cm. long, rusty-pubescent; fertile 

 flowers in compact panicles, 6-10 cm. long, staminate inflorescence looser, 

 flowers yellowish-green, fragrant; berries black or brownish-purple, with 

 a bloom, 10-15 mm. in diameter, borne in compact bunches, strongly 

 musky : Labrusca, the wild grapevine. 



Occurs in moist or dry thickets, from New England to the Allegheny 

 Mountains, south to Georgia, also in northwestern Indiana. 



This species has given rise, through cultivation, to the Isabella, Ca- 

 tawba, Concord and other varieties of grapes. Flowers in May or early 

 June, fruit ripe in September. 



Vitis vulpina Linne 1753 River bank or Frost Grape 



Climbing or trailing vine, ascending high into tall trees, stems 2-10 

 cm. in diameter, with loose, fissured bark; leaves alternate, the upper 

 ones opposite tendrils or inflorescences, cordate, mostly 3-7 lobed, with 

 broad sinuses, coarsely toothed, glabrous or with scattered hairs along the 

 veins beneath, 6-20 cm. long, 5-15 cm. broad, petioles 5-10 cm. long; 

 inflorescences paniculate, rather loose, 8-12 cm. long, flowers small, green- 

 ish, petals falling as flower opens, very fragrant ; fruit a bluish-black 

 berry, with bloom, 6-10 mm. in diameter, very juicy and sour : vulpina, 

 pertaining to a fox. 



Common throughout the state. Distributed from New Brunswick to 

 W. Va., westward to North Dakota and Kan. The wild grape vine is 

 sometimes grown as a climber on porches, pergolas, etc. The fruit is used 

 in making wine and preserves. Blossoms in May and June, fruit ripens 

 from September to November. 



Parthenocissus Planchon 1887 Virgin's Bower Woodbine 



(Gr. parthenos, virgin, c i s s o s, ivy) 



Climbing or trailing woody vines with alternate, digitately compound 

 or simple lobed leaves, tendrils tipped with adhesive expansions or disks, 

 or sometimes only coiling; inflorescence a compound cyme or panicle, 



