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 West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Soil moisture: Somewhat dry to average

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At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 2 West 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

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 99 animals.

White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Worm-eating Warbler
Helmitheros vermivorum
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Birds. 1 shared habitat

Widespread birds also seen here (37)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

67CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Vitis

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
Agrotis vetustaOld Man Dart

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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
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
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

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

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

21BirdsRecorded eating Vitis in West Virginia

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes West Virginia, most records first.