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North China Grape

Vitis bryoniifolia

North China Grape
Photo: Sundew, CC BY 4.0

Vitis bryoniifolia is a vigorous, adaptable climbing grape vine from China, with small berries and a long growing season. It grows best in sun with plenty of room to climb.

Family
Vitaceae (Grape family)
Grows as
Tree, Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then once the soil surface dries; it tolerates some drought once mature.
Soil
Well-drained loam; tolerates a range of soils.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; comfortable in temperate summers.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
C. & S. China
Climate
temperate

About

Vitis bryoniifolia is a prolific and adaptable, polygamo-dioecious species of climbing vine in the grape family native to China, where it is known as ying yu(Traditional Chinese: 蘡薁 Simplified Chinese: 蘡薁), or hua bei pu tao (Traditional Chinese: 華北葡萄 Simplified Chinese:华北葡萄) (North China grape). The variant form ternata is known as san chu ying yu (Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 三出蘡薁), meaning Three-Spiked-Leafed Ying Yu.

Vitis bryoniifolia is found in a wide variety of tree-established habitats including forests and shrublands, or fields and valleys where trees are present, especially along the banks of streams; and can be found both in highlands and low- (100–2500 meters above sea-level). It has a long growing season, flowering from April to August, and bearing its fruit (rosy, plum-colored berries, 5–8 mm.

Other Vitis plants

Mapleleaf grape · Vitis adenoclada · Summer grape · Amur grape · Canyon grape · Vitis balansana · Vitis bellula · Autumn grape · Birch-leaf grape · Vitis blancoi · California wild grape · Champin's grape

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vitis bryoniifolia 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.

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