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Vitis arizonica
Also called Arizona Grape, Canyon Wild Grape
Canyon grape is a wild North American species of grape, a deciduous woody vine found in canyons, riparian zones and dry hillsides from Nevada to Texas and northern Mexico. It is tough and tolerant of drought and cold, and it is grown mainly for its edible fruit and its use in breeding disease-resistant grapes.
Vitis arizonica is a North American species of wild grape. It is a deciduous vine.
Common names for the grape are Arizona grape, canyon grape, and uva del monte. It has historically been used as a food source by Indigenous peoples of the Southwest. Canyon grape can tolerate drought and cold temperatures. It grows in a variety of habitats including riparian zones and shady canyons. It can hybridize with mustang grape, sweet mountain grape, and California wild grape where their ranges overlap.
Arizona grape is found in California (Inyo County), Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, western Texas, southern Utah, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, and Tamaulipas. Within Arizona, Vitis arizonica is found in all counties, except La Paz.
Vitis arizonica has been used in breeding varieties resistant to Pierce's Disease.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vitis arizonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
