European Wine Grape

Vitis vinifera

Found in increasingly cultivated in our area, especially in VA and NC, now significant wine-producing areas. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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

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Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 4 Virginia counties.

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

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

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

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist 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

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: Family not recorded

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

Conservation status

Virginia rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
VA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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