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Wild Grapes - Vitis spp.
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Wild grape seedling
Wild grape seedling.
Wild grape foliage and flowers
Wild grape foliage and flowers.
Life cycle: Perennial woody vines.

Leaves: Alternate, simple, often three-lobed with toothed margins and palmate veins.

Tendrils: Wrapping, forked and arising opposite from the leaves.

Stems: Climbing, woody vines. Paperlike bark shreds in strips. Young stems are green and turn brown with age.

Flowers and fruit: The green and yellow flowers occur in clusters and are relatively inconspicuous. Fruit are small, purple to black grapes (berries).

Reproduction: Seeds. Often dispersed by birds. Stems and stumps may resprout.
Wild grape leaf cut Wild grape tendril
Wild grape leaf. Wrapping tendrils of wild grapes.
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02/08/08