Graybark grape

Vitis cinerea, the graybark grape, is a variety of grape. It has small black berries that are mildly unpleasant to eat. Plentiful in Missouri and Louisiana, it is also found throughout the eastern half of the US as far west as Texas, north to Illinois, and south to Florida. It is also known by the name winter grape or possum grape.

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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 labrusca — considered toxic
• Vitis berlandieri — considered toxic
• Vitis aestivalis — considered toxic
• Vitis vulpina — considered toxic
• Vitis tiliifolia — considered toxic
• Vitis amurensis — considered toxic

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Vitales

Family

Vitaceae

Genus

Vitis

Species

Vitis cinerea

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