Wild Grape (Vitis) 2016-6-19 Newark, DE
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/fox_grape.html
"Fox Grape is readily distinguished from other wild grapes in Illinois by its production of either tendrils or flowers/fruit across from each and every leaf. Other wild grapes have tendrils and flowers/fruits missing from every third leaf. Fox Grape also has larger fruits (½" or more) and larger seeds than other wild grapes. Its leaves resemble those of Vitis aestivalis (Summer Grape) in that their undersides are covered with woolly hairs, but the leaves of Fox Grape rarely have deep narrow lobes and their margins have smaller teeth. The common name of Vitis labrusca is potentially confusing as it sometimes refers to Vitis vulpina (Frost Grape), where 'vulpina' refers to the Latin word for 'fox.'"
"Fox Grape is readily distinguished from other wild grapes in Illinois by its production of either tendrils or flowers/fruit across from each and every leaf. Other wild grapes have tendrils and flowers/fruits missing from every third leaf. Fox Grape also has larger fruits (½" or more) and larger seeds than other wild grapes. Its leaves resemble those of Vitis aestivalis (Summer Grape) in that their undersides are covered with woolly hairs, but the leaves of Fox Grape rarely have deep narrow lobes and their margins have smaller teeth. The common name of Vitis labrusca is potentially confusing as it sometimes refers to Vitis vulpina (Frost Grape), where 'vulpina' refers to the Latin word for 'fox.'"
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