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Habitat:
Sandy deposits of rocky river shores.
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Species Description:
Bushy shrub-like grape, slightly climbing with few tendrils, alternate, short, wide, and toothed leaves. Berries are black.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early April to mid June.
Fruiting Period: Early August to late September.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
Tendrils lacking or only from the uppermost nodes; leaves pubescent underneath with short erect hairs not long cobweb-like hairs; pith interrupted by a diaphragm at each node.
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Management:
Avoid changes in moisture/hydrologic conditions at the site. Changes could result from overstory removal, stream/wetland alteration or vegetation removal that would result in increased erosion. Disturbance such as ATV trails, timber removal or any activity that results in increased erosion and weed invasion will be detrimental.
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Global Range:
Vitis rupestris occurs spottily from Pennsylvania and Maryland west to Illinois and Missouri, and south to North Carolina, Alabama, and Texas. It is also known as a rare escape from cultivation in California (cf. Best et al., 1996), where it is used as rootstock for cultivated grapes. Reports from Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Ohio are based on old literature reports not maintained in more recent floras. The Ohio report appears to be without basis (A. Cusick, pers. comm. to L. Morse, 26Feb01).
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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