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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Muscadine

Vitis rotundifolia
native · Central Texas

Muscadine is a vine native to Central Texas that grows 50–90 ft tall and 5 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and medium water. Blooms white in late spring. Good for birds.

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The facts

5 sources
Type
Vine
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Medium
Height
50–90 ft
Spread
5 ft
Bloom
Late Spring · white
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil
Recorded on loam, moist, rich, sand, well drained
Wildlife
Supports birds

Where it grows

Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:

Southern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low Terraces

8 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.