Question

Can I have eight to ten sentences (paragraph form) describing of the Vitis aestivalis (summer grape) of the Vitaceae plant family? Please include in these sentences, the flower, leaves, stems, fruit, general and special characteristics. Thank you.

Answer 1

Vitis aestivalis common name summer grape,or pigeon grape or Long grape,silverleaf grape, blueleaf grape.

family: Vitaceae Grape Family

It is a vigorous vine, growing to 10 m or more high in trees or a woody, climbing, deciduous vine that climbs by tendrils to 35' tall low growing shrubs

Leaves are simple, alternate, cordate to subrotund, toothed, and often 3-5 lobed,the leaf blade is simple,there is one leaf per node along the stem, the edge of the leaf blade has lobes, or it has both teeth and lobes.

yellowish-green flowers in late spring (May-June) that ripen in late mid-season (September to October) Flowers are attractive to bees. Ripe fruit often varies considerably in quality from dry and tart to juicy and sweet.Seeds ovoid.Flowers are bee- and self-pollinated.

The fruit is a dark purple to black berry,Berries contain up to four seeds. fruits are 5-10mm in diameter. Fruits are borne in axillary panicles.

This is a wine grape that grows well in the Midwest and mid-eastern states,