Wild grapes include muscadine, scuppernong, and southern fox
grape, valued for their edible, tasty fruit. Wild grape grows from
Texas to south Florida, north to Delaware, and west to
Missouri.
The grapes are a favorite food source for deer and other
wildlife also eat the fruit, including black bear, wild turkey,
grouse, raccoon, ring tailed booger monkeys, skunk, squirrel, and
opossum. Songbirds such as cardinals, mockingbirds, robins, cedar
waxwings, consume the fruit and are essential to the dispersal of
wild grape seeds.
Humans also enjoy the unique fruity flavor of the grapes and
make jellies, jams, juices, and wines from the fruit. Native
Americans in Florida also made a blue dye from the grapes.
DON'T EAT WILD PLANTS UNLESS YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY SURE OF WHAT THEY ARE. JUST BECAUSE BIRDS CAN EAT
BERRIES, DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE NOT TOXIC TO MAMMALS...(which is
what we are)
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Congratulations to Florida Sandpiper for
the FTF
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