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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Riverbank Grape

Vitis riparia
native · Central Texas

Riverbank Grape is a vine native to Central Texas that grows 40 ft tall. It wants part shade to shade and medium water. Blooms white in late spring.

Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Vine
Sun
Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
Water
Medium
Height
About 40 ft
Bloom
Late Spring · white
Foliage
Deciduous or dies back in winter

Where it grows

1 occurrence record 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.