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Vitis sola Bailey. Curtiss grape. 



V. caribaca Am. auth., not DC. 

 Range: 30. 



Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 



Fruit : Berry ; available August-September, persistent. 

 A vigorous vine. 



Vitis solonis, see Vitis longU. 



Vitis treleasei Munson. Gulch, grape. 



Range : 11. 



Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 



Fruit : Berry, available September-November. 



A vine or shrub; much branched; scarcely climbing; tendrills deciduous the 

 first year unless they find support; seeds small; drought resistant; compara- 

 tively susceptible to mildew and rot. 



Vitis virginiana, see Vitis baileyana. 



Vitis vulpina L. Biverbank grape. 



V. boulderensis Daniels, V. riparia Michx. 



Range : 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 



Site : Well-drained, sun. 



Fruit : Berry ; available June-November, persistent. 



A vigorous, moderately-branching and climbing vine; commonly occurs on 

 well-drained, loose, sandy soils ; grows poorly in lime or clay soil ; roots long, 

 thin, hard, fibrous; almost entirely resistant to Phylloxera; very resistant to 

 cold ; not resistant to heat and drought ; germination of seed quick and vig- 

 orous ; easily grown from cuttings, 85 percent of cuttings root ; easily grafted ; 

 commonly used in Europe as grafting stock for V. vinifera; 14,500 seeds per 

 pound. 



Var. syrticola Fern, and Wieg., the dune grape, commonly occurs on sand 

 dunes in region 24 and apparently withstands partial burial in sand. V. 

 fslavinii Rehd. is a supposed hybrid between V. vulpina and V. argentifolia, 

 V. andersonii is a supposed hybrid between V. vulpina and V. kaempferi glabres- 

 cens, a Japanese species. 



Stomach records: Six species of birds, including ruffed grouse, bobwhite, wild 

 turkey, and mourning dove ; composed 4.1 percent of total annual food and 

 54.3 percent of total fruit food of ring-necked pheasant in Michigan ; white- 

 tailed deer. Observations: Ring-necked pheasant, cedar waxwing; red fox, 

 skunk, white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbit. 



Vitis-idaea pu'nctata, see Vaocinium vitis-idaea. 

 Vitis-idaea vitis-idaea, see Vaccinium vitis-idaea. 



Washingtonia robusta Wendl. Fan palm. 



W. filifera robusta (Wendl.) Parish, Neowashingtonia robusta (Wendl.) 

 Heller. 

 Range: 10. 



Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 

 Fruit: Berry. 

 A large evergreen tree ; occurs in alkaline soil. 



Whipplea modesta Torr. Yerba de selva. 



Range: 1, 4. 



Site: Moist, sun, shade. 



Fruit: Capsule. 



A small trailing shrub; flowers April-June; prostrate branches root freely 

 at the nodes. 



Whipplea utahensis, see Fendlerella utahensis. 



Wisteria frutescens (L.) Poir. American wisteria. 



W. speciosa Nutt.. Kraunhia frutescens (L.) Greene. 

 Range : 17, 20, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30. 

 Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 

 Fruit: Legume, available September-November. 

 A vine. 



