Vitis palmata

Cat grape
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Vitis
Species:
V. palmata
Binomial name
Vitis palmata
Synonyms

V. rubra Michx. ex Planch., in DC.[3][4]

Vitis palmata (common names are catbird grape,[1] cat grape,[4] and Missouri grape[3]) is a New World species of tall, climbing liana in the grape family native to the south-central and southeastern parts of the United States, from Texas east to Florida and northwards along the Mississippi Valley to Illinois. There are additional reports of isolated populations in the Northeast, but these are probably introductions.[1][4][5]) The species does best in wet habitats but is adaptable enough to occasionally take root in higher-ground habitats.[1] It is sometimes found at the edges of fences.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Vitis palmata was originally published in Symb. Bot. 3: 42. 1794.
    R.P. Wunderlin; B.F. Hansen (2008). "Vitis palmata". Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Tampa, Florida: Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  2. ^ "Profile for Vitis palmata (catbird grape)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  3. ^ a b  Accessed here through Google books Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913). An Illustrated Flora Of The Northern United States, Canada And The British Possessions. Vol. II. pp. 507–511. Retrieved May 9, 2010. Mon. Phan. 5: 354. 1887
  4. ^ a b c d "Vitis palmata, cat grape". Oklahoma Biological Survey. University of Oklahoma. September 22, 1999. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map