Vitis rupestris
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Vitis rupestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Vitales Family: Vitaceae Genus: Vitis Species: V. rupestris
Binomial name
Vitis rupestris

Vitis rupestris is a kind of grape native to the Southern and Western United States. It is better known by many of its common names: July, sand, sugar, beach, bush, currant, ingar, rock and mountain grape. It is used for breeding several French-American hybrids as well as many root stocks. Rupestris St. George has been widely used in breeding and as a root stock and is perhaps the best known.

Vitis rupestris is often found in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. It is a self-supporting bushy plant that does not grow in the shade, and was once found in well-drained prairie draws that collect water. Grazing has forced it into less grazed creek beds.

External links

• Photos of Vitis rupestris
• NRCS: USDA Plants Profile: Vitis rupestris

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