Vitis labrusca
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GFDL, Sten Porse |
Britton & Brown Line Drawing |
| Botanical name: | Vitis labrusca |
| Common name: | fox grape |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Growth type: | vine |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | climbing vine |
| Foliage: | leaves broad, heart-shaped at base; climbing vine |
| Flower: | small, greenish |
| Flowering time: | blooms late May to July; fruits early September to October |
| Habitat: | rich, usually wet ground of woods, shaded edges, streambanks, roadsides |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide outside the central Pine Barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | similar to V. aestivalis but leaves have heavy, tawny or rusty wool beneath, tendrils at almost every node; usually three shallow lobes
It is the source of numerous grape cultivars, including Concord grape.
See our article on Vitis labrusca, aphids, and European wines. |