Vitis labrusca (Native)

Habitat: Seepage swamps, alluvial swamps, maritime swamps, floodplain forests, seeps, fens, bogs, and wet flatwoods; rarely in mesic upland habitats. Frequent in the coastal Plain and Piedmont; infrequent and confined to lower elevations in the mountains.

Wildlife value: The flowers are cross-pollinated by bumblebees, honeybees, and long-horned bees (Eucera spp.). avorite food of raccoon, rabbit, red squirrel, opossum, foxes, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, cardinal, mockingbird, robin, cedar waxwing, woodpeckers, mourning dove and other songbirds. Old dried grapes are especially valuable in later winter. The dense foliage of “grape tangles” and in tree tops are very valuable for cover and nest sites for many animals and birds.