290 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Vitis sola Bailey. Ciirtiss grape. 
F. carWaca Am. autli., not DC. 
Range: 30. 
Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Berry ; available August-September, persistent. 
A vigorous vine. 
Vitis solonis, see Vitis longii. 
Vitis treleasei Munson. Gulch grape. 
Range: 11. 
Site : Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available September-November. 
A vine or shrub; mucb brancbed; scarcely climbing; tendrills deciduous tlie 
first year unless they find support; seeds small; drought resistant; compara- 
tively susceptible to mildew and rot. 
Vitis virginiana, see Vitis haileyana. 
Vitis vulpina L. Eiverhank 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. 
Yar. syrticola Fern, and Wieg., the dune grape, commonly occurs on sand 
dunes in region 24 and apparently withstands partial burial in sand. V. 
slavinii Rehd. is a supposed hybrid between F. vulpina and F. argentifoUa, 
V. andersonii is a supposed hybrid between F. vulpina and F. Icaempferi glahres- 
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. Ohservations : Ring-necked pheasant, cedar waxwing; red fox, 
skunk, white-tailed deer, cottontail rabbit. 
Vitis-idaea punctata, see Vaocinium vitis-idaea. 
Vitis-idaea vitis-idaea, see Vaccinium vitis-idaea. 
Washingtonla robusta Wendl. Tan palm. 
W. fiUfera rotmsta (Wendl.) Parish, Neoivashingtonia ro'busta (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. 
TF. 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. 
