Vitis rotundifolia Michaux. Common name: Muscadine, Scuppernong. Phenology: May-Jun; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Dry upland forests (especially sandy or rocky), other forests, swamps, dunes, roadsides, thickets. Distribution: DE west to s. WV, KY, and MO, south to FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: Cultivars of this species are popular in the Southeastern United States as table grapes and the source of a distinctive wine.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, GW2, RAB, Tn, W, WV, Comeaux, Nesbitt, & Fantz (1987); = Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michx.) Small — K4, S, S13; = Muscadinia rotundifolia (Michx.) Small var. rotundifolia — Weakley et al (2011); = Vitis rotundifolia Michx. var. rotundifolia — FNA12, Mo3, Moore (1991), Ward (2006b); < Vitis rotundifolia Michx. — Ar, Fl3, NcTx, Tat, Tx, WH3; Vitis rotundifolia Michx. Basionym: Vitis rotundifolia Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia - FNA12

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (name change)
• Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5