Plants Profile for Vitis riparia (riverbank grape)

General Information
Symbol:	VIRI
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Vitaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Vine
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Bill Summers. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MO, Saint Louis. Usage Requirements.

Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
VIRIP	Vitis riparia Michx. var. praecox Engelm. ex L.H. Bailey
VIRIS	Vitis riparia Michx. var. syrticola (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald
VIVUR	Vitis vulpina L. ssp. riparia (Michx.) R.T. Clausen
VIVUP	Vitis vulpina L. var. praecox (Engelm. ex L.H. Bailey) L.H. Bailey
VIVUS	Vitis vulpina L. var. syrticola Fernald & Wiegand

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rhamnales
Family	Vitaceae – Grape family
Genus	Vitis L. – grape
Species	Vitis riparia Michx. – riverbank grape

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Ohio Vitis grapevines Prohibited noxious weed ¹
¹when growing in groups of 100 or more and not pruned, sprayed, cultivated, or otherwise maintained for two consecutive years

U.S. Weed Information
Vitis Vitis riparia riverbank grape This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST	Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACW
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Great Plains	FAC
Midwest	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU