Vitis labruscaL.

fox grape

WFO wfo-0000421309 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vitis labrusca, photographed by Dave Behm
fig. a Dave Behm, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-02 / obs. 185841246
Vitis labrusca, photographed by Violet T.
fig. b Violet T., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159625595
Vitis labrusca, photographed by Kai Squires
fig. c Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149496705
Vitis labrusca, photographed by Lynn Harper
fig. d Lynn Harper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 133094077
Vitis labrusca, photographed by KB DiAngelo
fig. e KB DiAngelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118814928
Vitis labrusca, photographed by Reuven Martin
fig. f Reuven Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 42034212
Vitis labrusca, photographed by Sandra Keller
fig. g Sandra Keller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 21573749
Vitis labrusca, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. h Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 5255758

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Vitis labrusca is native: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin AlabamaConnecticutGeorgiaIndianaKentuckyMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMississippiNew HampshireNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeVermontVirginiaWest VirginiaWisconsin DelawareDistrict of ColumbiaRhode I.
Native distribution of Vitis labrusca, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Georgia GEO
Indiana INI
Kentucky KTY
Maine MAI
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Mississippi MSI
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Rhode I. RHO
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA
Wisconsin WIS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 32 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Vitis blanda Raf.
  • Vitis bracteata Raf.
  • Vitis cana Raf.
  • Vitis canina Raf.
  • Vitis catawba K.Koch
  • Vitis ciliata Raf.
  • Vitis digitata Raf.
  • Vitis ferruginea Raf.
  • Vitis labrusca f. alba (Prince) Fernald
  • Vitis labrusca f. labrusca
  • Vitis labrusca unranked foliis-purpureis Paul
  • Vitis labrusca var. alba W.R.Prince
  • Vitis labrusca var. catawba W.R.Prince
  • Vitis labrusca var. dissecta Demcker
  • Vitis labrusca var. eisingburgensis W.R.Prince
  • Vitis labrusca var. labrusca
  • Vitis labrusca var. labruscoides Eaton
  • Vitis labrusca var. macrophylla Demcker
  • Vitis labrusca var. rosea W.R.Prince
  • Vitis labrusca var. subedentata Fernald
  • Vitis labruscoides Muhl. & Raf.
  • Vitis latifolia Raf.
  • Vitis luteola Raf.
  • Vitis obliqua Raf.

and 8 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.