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Vitis aestivalis

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Michaux

Common Names

• Summer Grape
• Pigeon Grape
• Bunch Grape
• Post-oak Grape
• Sand-grape

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• California
• Connecticut
• District of Colombia
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Lousiana
• Montana
• Maryland
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• Vermont
• Wisconsin
• West Virginia-USA
• Ontario - Canada

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• Early to mid-summer Apr
• May

Fruiting Times

• Oct Sep (Texas)

High-climbing woody tendril vine with entire or 3-5 lobed toothed leaves to 300mm diameter, glabrate above & brown-tomentose beneath. Young leaves downy beneath becoming glabrescent, 250mm long panicles or racemes of green flowers with 10-12mm dark purple or black fruits from sweet to very astringent

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• GWC 1997
• net
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• Botanicus
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• USNH
• Gleason & Moldenke