Vitis vulpina (with common names frost grape, winter grape, fox grape, and wild grape) is a North American species of herbaceous perennial vines in the grape family. It is widespread across most of the eastern and central United States as well as the Canadian Province of Ontario.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Potentially toxic to dogs, although the precise mechanism is not fully understood. See grape and raisin toxicity in dogs Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vitis berlandieri — considered toxic
- Vitis riparia — considered toxic
- Vitis cinerea — considered toxic
- Vitis labrusca — considered toxic
- Vitis vinifera — considered toxic
- Ampelopsis cordata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Vitales
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Genus
- Vitis
- Species
- Vitis vulpina
Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.
Check your photo