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Vitis riparia

Climber

HomeClimberVitis riparia

Riverbanks, bottomlands, rich thickets and woodland margins.

Family: Vitaceae
Height: 15 m / 50 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 0 of 5
Other Uses: 2 of 5

Native Habitat

Riverbank Grape Vitis riparia native habitat is Riverbanks, bottomlands, rich thickets and woodland margins.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or dried for later use. Juicy and somewhat acid. The taste is best after a frost. The fruit is about 6 - 12mm in diameter and is carried in fairly large bunches. Leaves - cooked. Young leaves are wrapped around other foods and then baked, they impart a pleasant flavour. Young tendrils - raw or cooked. Sap - raw. A sweet flavour, it is used as a drink. The sap can be harvested in the spring and early summer, though it should not be taken in quantity or it will weaken the plant.

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