Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Porcelain-berry - Ampelopsis glandulosa   (Wallich) Momiyama
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Author(Wallich) Momiyama
DistributionScattered across the state. Certainly found in many more counties than mapped, and simply under-collected.

Native of eastern Asia; in N.A. -- NH to WI south to GA and AR.
AbundanceRare to uncommon on the landscape, but where found it can be locally common to abundant.
HabitatStreambanks, near rivers, roadside thickets, hedgerows, along railroads, urban lots.
PhenologyFlowering May-August; fruiting September-November.
IdentificationThis is a climbing or scrambling vine with leaves very shallowly to deeply 3-5 lobed and thus resembling grapes (Vitis). The small, multicolored berries are diagnostic: green, whitish, rosy, or aqua blue -- typically all such colors of berries on a single plant!
Taxonomic CommentsA synonym is A. brevipedunculata.

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Global RankG5
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David GeorgeDurham County, along the American Tobacco Trail; 2024 DurhamPhoto_non_natural
B.A. SorrieSame data; flowers. MoorePhoto_non_natural
B.A. SorrieVacant lot, downtown Southern Pines, July 2015. MoorePhoto_non_natural
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