Vitis riparia Michx.

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Vitis riparia Michx.
var. svrticola (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald Vitaceae
Det.: S. R. Hill, (ILLS) 2001 River grape.
ALEXANDER COUNTY 37° 19.127’ N. Lat. 89°
26.155’ W. Long. T. 14S, R. 3W, NW1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4
NE1/4 Sect. 9 Illinois Route 3 (FAP 312), McClure, at
bridge crossing Old Clear Creek, 1.85 miles north of
East Cape Girardeau Road (Illinois Route 146),
Mississippi River floodplain. McClure 7.5 minute
U.S.G.S. quadrangle. Elevation about 340 feet.
Disturbed wet silty sand; alluvial deposits.
Floodplain forest, degraded, dominated by Populus
deltoides, Acer negundo, Acer saccharum, Celtis
laevigata, Campsis radicans. Common liana about 3
meters long, stems and petioles tinted reddish, leaves
somewhat shiny above, slightly pubescent beneath;
fruit immature, green, only slightly glaucous, clusters
pendulous.
Steven R. Hill 33735
Jason A. Koontz
15 May 2001
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