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§1 Plant

Vitis rotundifolia Michx.

vernacular muscadine — species · Vitaceae


USDA
VIRO3
GBIF
5372394
Rank
species
muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia)
Platephotograph · Mary KeimCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Vitaceae Juss.
Genus
Vitis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 588 counties across 14 states/territories
Legend Native · 588 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-18 °F minimum
Frost-free days
170 min.
Precipitation
35–55 in/yr
pH range
6–8
Root depth
16 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
30 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Purple
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
14,000
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
Yes
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 588 counties across 14 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 62 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 49 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 62 N
Georgia view state ↗ 54 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 55 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 67 N
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 70 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 39 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 53 N
Virginia view state ↗ 51 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/VIRO3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5372394 ↗

Record version

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