Vitis vinifera L.

Locations ofVitis vinifera L. in Virginia

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Family
Vitaceae
Botanical Name
Vitis vinifera L.
Common Name
European Wine Grape
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
in Taxa Not Treated: Waifs
Comments
Native of Europe, much cultivated commercially but most often reported as an introduction in western North America.
Habitat
Reported by Fernald in Rhodora 49: 150 (1947): "Henrico County, waste places and railroad-ballast near Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Richmond, Fernald & Long no. 12,404. Obviously derived from 'Tokay,' 'Malaga,' or other such grapes thrown from car windows; now forming dense thickets."
Native Status
Introduced

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