Sand Grape
Vitis rupestris
Found along streams and in riverbank scour areas and gravel bars, sometimes on rocky limestone slopes, especially in calcareous regions. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you
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Native to Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 53%
- Soil moisture
- Somewhat dry to average
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source
Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 13 Virginia counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 127 animals.
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood-peweeContopus virens
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrina
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Least BitternIxobrychus exilis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacus
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
72CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA
Genus host records with ranges including VA · Vitis
- Abagrotis anchocelioidesBlueberry Budworm Moth
- Abagrotis cupidaCupid Dart
- Abagrotis magnicupidaOne-Dotted Dart
- Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
- Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
- Acoloithus falsariusClemens' False Skeletonizer Moth
- Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
- Adela ridingsellaRidings' Fairy Moth
- Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
- Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
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- Agrotis vetustaOld Man Dart
- Alypia octomaculataEight-Spot Forester, 8-Spot Forester
- Amphion floridensisNessus Sphinx
- Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
- Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
- Apantesis argeArge Tiger Moth
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
- Cenopis directanaChokecherry Leafroller Moth
- Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
- Cerastis tenebriferaReddish Speckled Dart
- Darapsa myronVirginia Creeper Sphinx
- Deidamia inscriptumLettered Sphinx
- Desmia funeralisGrape Leaffolder Moth
- Dyspteris abortivariaThe Bad-Wing, Badwing
- Episimus argutanaSumac Leaftier
- Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
- Euclidia cuspideaToothed Somberwing
- Eudryas grataBeautiful Wood-Nymph
- Eudryas unioPearly Wood-Nymph
- Eulithis diversilineataLesser Grapevine Looper Moth
- Eulithis gracilineataGreater Grapevine Looper
- Eumorpha achemonAchemon Sphinx
- Eumorpha pandorusPandorus Sphinx, Pandora Sphinx
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Euxoa messoriaReaper Dart, Darksided Cutworm, Dark-Sided Cutworm
- Euxoa tessellataTessellate Dart, Striped Cutworm
- Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
- Geina periscelidactylaGrape Plume Moth
- Geina sheppardiSheppard's Plume Moth
- Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
- Harrisina americanaGrapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth
- Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
- Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
- Lacinipolia renigeraBristly Ground Cat, Bristly Cutworm Moth, Kidney Spotted "Mamestra"
- Lyonetia prunifoliellaStriped Bent-wing
- Paonias myopsSmall-Eyed Sphinx
- Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
- Papilio glaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Paralobesia viteanaAmerican Vine Moth, Grape Berry Moth
- Paranthrene tabaniformisDusky Clearwing
- Phyllocnistis vitifoliellaGrape Serpentine Leafminer
- Phyllodesma americanaLappet Moth, American Lappet Moth, Southern Lappet Moth
- Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
- Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
- Psychomorpha epimenisGrapevine Epimenis
- Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
- Spaelotis clandestinaClandestine Dart, W-Marked Cutworm
- Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
- Sphecodina abbottiiAbbott's Sphinx
- Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
- Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
- Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
- Vitacea polistiformisGrape Root Borer Moth
- Vitacea scepsiformisVirginia Creeper Clearwing, Lesser Grape Root Borer
- Xestia c-nigrumSpotted Cut-Worm, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Black-letter Dart
- Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart
- Cacotherapia unipuncta
- Heliozela aesella
10BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Vitis
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
33BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Vitis
- Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
- Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
- Aix sponsaWood Duck
- Aphelocoma californicaCalifornia Scrub-Jay
- Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
- Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
- Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal
- Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
- Catharus minimus/bicknelliGray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
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- Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
- Corvus brachyrhynchosAmerican Crow
- Cyanocitta stelleriSteller's Jay
- Dryobates pubescensDowny Woodpecker
- Empidonax flaviventrisYellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Hylocichla mustelinaWood Thrush
- Melanerpes carolinusRed-bellied Woodpecker
- Melanerpes erythrocephalusRed-headed Woodpecker
- Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
- Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird
- Patagioenas fasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
- Pipilo maculatusSpotted Towhee
- Sialia currucoidesMountain Bluebird
- Sialia mexicanaWestern Bluebird
- Sitta carolinensisWhite-breasted Nuthatch
- Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
- Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
- Vireo flavifronsYellow-throated Vireo
- Vireo gilvusWarbling Vireo
- Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo
- Vireo solitariusBlue-headed Vireo
- Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
- Zonotrichia atricapillaGolden-crowned Sparrow
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
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Flower color
- White
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “White” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- primary_flower_color · “white” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Also known as
Sugar Grape
Conservation status
| Virginia rank | S1 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| VA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Virginia DCR Natural Heritage rare plant list
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications