Family: Vitaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Vine
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Central and southern United States, the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), Mexico, Central America and South America.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
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Synonyms:
Vitis acida.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: First collected between 1838 and 1853 by John Loomis Blodgett on the island of Key West. Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for coastal hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.
