Vitis californica - California wild grape

California wild grape (Vitis californica) is a deciduous vine native to California, in western North America, its small fruit eaten raw, cooked, or dried, and its roots and leaves used for basketry and dye.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Dye¹
• Fibre¹

Type

• Vitis spp. - Grape
• Vine
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Vitis californica | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 55 seconds ↩