Index / Search / Vitis vulpina
§1 Plant
Vitis vulpina L.
vernacular frost grape — species · Vitaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Vitaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Vitis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 924 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 165 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7.5
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 83 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- 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
- 14,400
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 924 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Choctaw 01023
- Clay 01027
- Coffee 01031
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lee 05077
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Elbert 13105
- Fannin 13111
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Lumpkin 13187
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Muscogee 13215
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Randolph 13243
- Seminole 13253
- Stewart 13259
- Walker 13295
- Whitfield 13313
Illinois view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Whiteside 17195
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Johnson 18081
- Lagrange 18087
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Russell 20167
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Stafford 20185
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 87 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Franklin 28037
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Kemper 28069
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Neshoba 28099
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Tishomingo 28141
- Tunica 28143
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 97 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Crawford 39033
- Darke 39037
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Custer 40039
- Delaware 40041
- Grady 40051
- Kay 40071
- Le Flore 40079
- Logan 40083
- Love 40085
- Major 40093
- Mayes 40097
- McCurtain 40089
- McIntosh 40091
- Murray 40099
- Nowata 40105
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Sequoyah 40135
- Tulsa 40143
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
- Woodward 40153
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Giles 47055
- Grainger 47057
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 85 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Boone 54005
- Brooke 54009
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Clay 54015
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Lincoln 54043
- Marshall 54051
- Mercer 54055
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
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