Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ampelopsis cordata
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about American Ampelopsis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_amco2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_amco2_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150519_077
May Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm150519_079
May Calhoun County SC
Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ampelopsis_cordata
May Chester County SC
Landsford Canal State Park
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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.
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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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p184
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p092
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p20
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p061
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