Porcelain-berry

Ampelopsis glandulosa

Found in streams, rivers and their banks; roadsides, fields and disturbed ground; forest edges and thickets. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 59%

Light: Partial shade, Full shade, Full sun
Soil moisture: Dry to wet

Ampelopsis glandulosa — fruit photograph — (c) Douglas Goldman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original photograph

At a glance

Bloom: May to August
Fruiting season: September to October

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 4 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement.

Named place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Habitats

Streams, rivers and their banks; roadsides, fields and disturbed ground; forest edges and thickets.

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

15CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Ampelopsis

Acoloithus falsariusClemens' False Skeletonizer Moth
Alypia octomaculataEight-Spot Forester, 8-Spot Forester
Amphion floridensisNessus Sphinx
Darapsa myronVirginia Creeper Sphinx
Deidamia inscriptumLettered Sphinx
Enyo lugubrisMournful Sphinx
Eudryas grataBeautiful Wood-Nymph
Eulithis gracilineataGreater Grapevine Looper
Eumorpha achemonAchemon Sphinx
Eumorpha intermediaIntermediate Sphinx

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Eumorpha labruscaeGaudy Sphinx
Eumorpha pandorusPandorus Sphinx, Pandora Sphinx
Harrisina americanaGrapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth
Monochroa absconditellaStrawberry Crown Miner
Sphecodina abbottiiAbbott's Sphinx

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ampelopsis

Gallinula galeataCommon Gallinule

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Vitaceae
Fruit begins: September
Fruit ends: October

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “May to August” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Fruit begins · “September” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Fruit ends · “October” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Light · “Partial shade; Full shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata; Porcelain berry

Conservation status

Alabama rank	Not available
Global rank	G5
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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