Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis

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Family:VITACEAE
Species:Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. aestivalis
Common Name:Summer Grape
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VIAEA2
Plant Notes:Summer Grape is a native perennial woody vine in the Grape family (Vitaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Summer Grape occurs in (usually) dry woodlands, in cut over woods, along forest margins, and on fences. Summer Grape climbs by means of tendrils. Vine can grow from 10-35 feet in length. The bark on older vines is bark brown and peels in strips. Leaves are alternate, deciduous, and orbicular to oval in outline. Leaves may have 3-5 shallow or deep lobes. Mature leaves are green above and glabrous or pubescent. The lower surface of the leaf is glaucous and densely or slightly arachnoid-pubescent. Flowers are produced in dense panicles. Flowers may be staminate (flowers have only functional stamens and lacking functional carpels), pistillate (flowers having functional carpels and lacking functional stamens), or perfect (with both functioning stamens and carpels). Individual flowers have 5 narrow greenish-yellow petals. Flowers are fragrant. The fruit is a berry. Fruit varies from sweet to tart in flavor. Two varieties of Summer Grape have been reported from Alabama. Silverleaf Summer Grape (Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. bicolor Deam) is found in northern Alabama. It has slightly smaller fruit, leaves that are glabrate below, and glaucous nodes. Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. aestivalis occurs state wide. Summer Grape is sometimes available from nurseries. There are several varieties including “Norton”, which is considered by many to be the best native grape for wine production. The Southern Grape Growers community on Facebook is a great source for information on growing grapes in the Deep South.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyVITACEAE - Grape family
Genus Vitis
Species Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. aestivalis - Summer Grape

Citation

Citation Vitis aestivalis Michaux, var. aestivalis, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 230–231. 1803.
Basionym: **
Type: "a Pensylvania ad Carolinum", without data, Michaux s.n. (lectotype: P). Lectotypified by Uttal, Rhodora 86: 62. 1984.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Vitis rufotomentosa    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1874 - 1986

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UWAL0046274 Autauga 11 May 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1693		 UWAL
Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. aestivalis
TROY000047716 Autauga 11 May 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1693		 TROY
Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. aestivalis
TROY000048864 Autauga 06 Aug 2019 Parker, Matthew R.
1875		 TROY
Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. aestivalis
UWAL0046897 Autauga 06 Aug 2019 Parker, Matthew R.
1875		 UWAL
Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. aestivalis
USAM000015416 Baldwin 18 May 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8477		 USAM
Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. aestivalis
UWAL0044043 Baldwin 27 Jul 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
536		 UWAL
Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. aestivalis
TROY000033563 Barbour 27 Aug 2011 Ryan, Lauren
63		 TROY
Vitis aestivalis Michaux var. aestivalis
JSU138427 Bibb 20 May 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10740		 JSU
Vitis aestivalis Michaux
JSU138428 Blount 29 May 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
273		 JSU
Vitis aestivalis Michaux
UNA00058146 Blount 23 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
817		 UNA
Vitis aestivalis Michx. var. aestivalis
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