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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ampelopsis cordata   FAMILY Vitaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelopsis cordata   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ampelopsis cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ampelopsis cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-003:

Ampelopsis cordata   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ampelopsis cordata

 

COMMON NAME:
American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape


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image of Ampelopsis cordata, American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_amco2_001_lvd

        

image of Ampelopsis cordata, American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_amco2_003_lvd

        

image of Ampelopsis cordata, American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

JK Marlow    jkm150519_077

May    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

image of Ampelopsis cordata, American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

JK Marlow    jkm150519_077b

May    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

Inflorescence noticeably broader than long. Flower petals separate, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).

image of Ampelopsis cordata, American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

JK Marlow    jkm150519_079

May    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

image of Ampelopsis cordata, American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_ampelopsis_cordata

May    Chester County    SC

Landsford Canal State Park

image of Ampelopsis cordata, American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_ampelopsis_cordatab

May    Chester County    SC

Landsford Canal State Park

Leaves simple, grape-like, not lobed, to 12cm long and 9cm wide, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Ampelopsis cordata, American Ampelopsis, Heartleaf Peppervine, False-grape, Raccoon-grape

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ampelopsis_cordata_3

September        

The fruit is a blue berry, not edible by humans, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ampelopsis cordata   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ampelopsis cordata   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ampelopsis cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ampelopsis cordata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-03-003:
Ampelopsis cordata   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ampelopsis cordata

 

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Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: Moist forests, bottomlands, and thickets, particularly where disturbed, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in SC, rare in GA & NC

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
Saucer-shaped calyx, lobes usually obsolete
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary
Bisexual & unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Black
Drupe

 

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