Mountain grape

Family Vitaceae. Native to North America.

A liana up to 10 m tall. Shoots long, thin, hairy when young, with tendrils. Leaves of various shapes: ovate, rounded, reniform, with shallow lobes, toothed at the margin, dark green and glossy above, grayish-green below, reaching 10 cm in length. In youth they have a fine cobwebby pubescence. Flowers are rather inconspicuous, appearing in June. To obtain fruit, one must have specimens with staminate and pistillate flowers, as the plants are dioecious.

The fruits are gathered in short and broad, heavily branched clusters. Sweet berries have a dark coloration of varying intensity. They ripen in September. In cultivation since the late 19th century. Suitable only for southern regions due to low winter hardiness.