Sonoran Desert Naturalist >>> Field Guide >>> Sonoran Desert Flora >>> Vitaceae
Climbing woody vines with tendrills. Fruit a dark blue-black berry with several seeds. Only two species, both found only in moist habitats.
Canyon Grape |
Vitis arizonicus |
Woodbine |
Parthenocissus vitacea |
Fairly common in well-watered canyons with trees. Vine clambers up through trees with well developed tendrills. Leaves simple but palmately toothed/lobed. Detailed Description |
Palmately compound leaf with usually five leaflets. Weekly climbing or trailing vine. Blue-black berries. Rare in the Sonoran Desert, shady canyons only.. Detailed Description |