PASTE) MISC. PUBLICATION 3063, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
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 sclonis, see Vitis longii. 
Vitis treleasei Munson. Gulch grape. 
Range: il. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available September—November. 
A vine or shrub; much branched; scarcely climbing; tendrilis deciduous the 
first year unless they find support; seeds smali; drought resistant; compara- 
tively susceptible to mildew and rot. 
Vitis virginiana, see Vitis baileyana. 
Vitis vulpina L. Riverbank grape. 
VY. beulderensis Daniels, V. riparia Michx. 
Range: 15, 16; 18, 19,215 22, 23.24, 25, 26, 27; 28, 23. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry; availabie 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 entireiy resistant to Phyllorera; very resistant to 
cola; 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 
Gunes in region 24 and apparently withstands partial burial in sand. VW. 
slaviniti Rehd. is a supposed hybrid between Y. vulpina and V. argeniifolia, 
VY. andersonii is a supposed hybrid between V. vulpine and V. kaempferi glabres- 
cens, a Japanese species. 
Stomach records: Six species of birds, including roaffed grcuse, 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- 
taiied deer. Observations: Ring-necked pheasant, cedar waxwing; red fox, 
skunk, white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbit. 
Vitis-idaea punctata, see Vaccinium vitis-idaea. 
Vitis-idaea vitis-idaea, see Vaccinium vitis-idaea. 
Washingtonia robusta Wendl. Fan palm. 
W. jilifera 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 (i.) Greene. 
Range 2-120) 222-25, -28, 29-230: 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Legume, availabie September—November. 
A vine. 
