[1]Vitis cinerea, the graybark grape, is a variety of
grape. It has small black
berries that are juicy, yet seedy. This can make them difficult to eat or process into dishes. Berries are tough-skinned and bitter until late autumn.[2]
Plentiful in Missouri and Louisiana, it is also found throughout the eastern half of the
US as far west as Texas, north to Illinois, and south to Florida. It is also known by the name winter grape or possum grape. [3][4][5][6][7]
Vitis cinerea is an American native grape. The leaves are cordiform-emarinate, flabby, dull, limb finely wrinkled (like crepe) between the sub-veins. The teeth of the leaf are very blunt. The buds are grey-ashy-violet.[8]
References
^"Winter Grape". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"Winter Grape". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
^"Plant Profile for Vitis cinerea". United States Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 25 August 2017.