Ampelopsis cordata
Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 159. 1803
Common names: Raccoon or false grape
Selected by author to be illustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Vitis indivisa Willd.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 19.
Lianas, moderately high climbing. Branchlets green, glabrous. Leaves simple; petiole ± equaling blade; blade ovate, 5–12 × 4–9 cm, usually unlobed, sometimes shallowly 3-shouldered, base truncate to subcordate, margins coarsely and irregularly serrate, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial surface sparsely puberulent. Inflorescences ± equaling to longer than leaves. Flowers yellowish green. Berries ripening from green to orange, rose, purple and finally blue, subglobose, 6–10 mm diam. 2n = 40.
Phenology: Flowering late Apr–Jun; fruiting Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Stream and riverbanks, floodplain forests, wet woodland borders, lowland thickets, fencerows.
Elevation: 0–1000 m.
Phenology: Flowering late Apr–Jun; fruiting Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Stream and riverbanks, floodplain forests, wet woodland borders, lowland thickets, fencerows.
Elevation: 0–1000 m.
Distribution

Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.C., Ohio, Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.
Discussion
Reports of Ampelopsis cordata from Connecticut (for example, G. C. Tucker 1995) are based on misidentified material of A. aconitifolia.
References
None.
Lower Taxa
No lower taxa listed.
Facts about "Ampelopsis cordata"
Author | Michael O. Moore† + and Jun Wen + |
Authority | Michaux + |
Common name | Raccoon or false grape + |
Distribution | Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. + and W.Va. + |
Elevation | 0–1000 m. + |
Habitat | Stream and riverbanks, floodplain forests, wet woodland borders, lowland thickets, fencerows. + |
Illustrator | Alice Tangerini + |
Phenology | Flowering late Apr–Jun + and fruiting Jul–Sep. + |
Publication title | Fl. Bor.-Amer. + |
Publication year | 1803 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V12/V12 1062.xml + |
Special status | Selected by author to be illustrated + and Endemic + |
Synonyms | Vitis indivisa + |
Taxon family | Vitaceae + |
Taxon name | Ampelopsis cordata + |
Taxon parent | Ampelopsis + |
Taxon rank | species + |
Volume | Volume 12 + |