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SEASONAL IDENTIFICATION
GRAPEVINES (Vitis spp.)
SPRING
SUMMER
SUMMER
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FALL
SPRING
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SUMMER
SUMMER
FALL
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WINTER
Young grapevine leaves appear shiny with green to red
stems.
Grapevine is often found as a large mass of vines and
leaves. Y-shaped tendrils provide support and help the vine
climb fences and other vegetation.
When unripe, grapevine fruit are small and green. As the
grapes ripen, they become dark purple and have a light
waxy coating that is easily rubbed off. Each grape contains
at least one seed.
The leaves are heart shaped with a coarse toothed margin
and three to five shallow and pointed lobes.
Flowers resemble unripe grapes. Flowers are round and
green with barely visible petals. Grapes develop after flower
petals drop.
In fall, grapevine leaves turn yellow. Older grapevine
become easily visible in the winter landscape with dark
brown, peeling bark.
