Question: Wild grape or canadian moonseed? Strong grape scent. When grape is opened there are two seeds. Found in a park …
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Question
Wild grape or canadian moonseed? Strong grape scent. When grape is opened there are two seeds. Found in a park in Mansfield, CT.
Answer
jrhodes, your image is of Vitis labrusca (fox grape). Notice the dense layer of gray or red-gray hairs on the lower surface of the leaf blade (not present in Menispermum canadense). Also, grapes have tendrils produced opposite the leaves, no other family of plants displays this character (including Menispermaceae). This gives you a way to grapes apart from moonseeds.
