Fox Grape

Fox Grape (Vitis labrusca/Vitaceae). The genus Vitis is composed of about 65 species of woody vines (lianas) native to the Northern hemisphere. This is not a commercial lumber species and thus, no technical information is available on the properties of the wood. Fox grape flowers from May to June, producing fruits by September. It is common throughout the state of Maryland. It is the source of several cultivated varieties, including Concord.

Characteristics found in the Grape (Vitis sp.)

• Ring porous to semi-ring porous
• Tangential arrangement of large and small pores
• Spirals in vessels
• Simple to scalariform perforations (6-10)
• I/V pits linear
• R/V pits large
• Wide, heterocellular rays (9-14)
• Crystals

WOOD SLIDES
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CHARCOAL SLIDES