Vitis aestivalis Michx.
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Filed As
Vitaceae
Vitis aestivalis Michx. -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 03757961
Occurrence ID: 3a928ad1-b165-4fde-aee0-0f8508bbc553
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Vitales
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Family
Vitaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[US & Canada]
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Distribution
U.S.A. Vitaceae Vitis aestivalis Michx. det. M. Nee, 2017 Wisconsin, Richland Co., 3.8 km E of Gotham, Button Bluff, NE of Button Cemetery along Hwy. JJ. 43°13’08”N, 90°14’33”W. alt. 245 m. T 9 N; R 2 E; NE14NWV4 Sect. 34. S-facing Wisconsin River valley bluff, formerly dry prairie, then pastured, now grown up to woods. Lower slope with Juniperus virginiana, Morns alba, Celtis occidentalis. Large vine to top of 15 m. tall trees. Stems looped and over ground where covered by dirt and hard to distinguish the individuals. Stem 9 cm. in diameter (some to 12 cm. in diameter here), the wood only 6.5 cm. in diameter, with clear, tasteless watery sap when cut, later exuding a clear gelatinous sap which hardens transparent; very difficult to identify annual rings, but this stem may be about 50 years old, about the age of the trees it is growing on; bark ca. 1 cm. thick, loosely stringy and reddish brown in upper stems, furrowed and brown in larger stems. Voucher for wood specimens at Kw, Lw, MADw, MEXUw, RSAw. Beginning of flowering period, the flowers yellow-green, lightly and sweetly fragrant, but not with the delightfully tropical perfumy fragrance of Vitis riparia, which in this area had begun blooming ca. 12 days ago. Coll.: M. H. Nee 63643 14 June 2017 Missouri Botanical Garden (MO) 03757961
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Vitis aestivalis Michx.