Possum grape Possum grape

Vitis baileyana Munson, Vitis baileyana, [1]. 1893

Branchlets slightly angled, sparsely arachnoid, becoming glabrate, not evidently hirtellous; nodes usually red-banded. Leaf blade apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surfaces glabrous or sparsely arachnoid, usually not, sometimes very sparsely, hirtellous. Berries slightly glaucous.

Flowering mid Jun–Jul; fruiting Jul–Oct. Moist soils, floodplains, lowland woods, stream and pond margins; 100–2000 m; Ala., Ga., Ind., Ky., Miss., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Variety baileyana is found in the Piedmont and mountains; it and var. floridana intergrade along the fall line between the Piedmont and coastal plain and may not be distinct.