page_title: Vitis rotundifolia
section_title: Appellations
hierarchical_section_title: Vitis rotundifolia / Cultivars / Appellations
caption_attribution_description: English: Some muscadines (the red ones) and scuppernongs (the green ones) in a bowl on a countertop. Taken in an apartment in Smyrna, Georgia, United States.
context_page_description: Vitis rotundifolia, or muscadine, is a grapevine species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The growth range extends from Florida to New Jersey coast, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. It has been extensively cultivated since the 16th century. The plants are well-adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer chilling hours than better known varieties, and thrive in summer heat.
  Muscadine berries may be bronze or dark purple or black when ripe. Wild varieties may stay green through maturity. Muscadines have thick, tough skin, making eating raw fruit similar to eating a plum. Muscadines are typically used in making artisan wines, juice, and jelly. They are rich sources of polyphenols.
  In a natural setting, muscadines provide wildlife habitat as shelter, browse, and food for many birds and animals. It is a larval host for the Nessus Sphinx Moth and the Mournful Sphinx Moth.
context_section_description: Appellations producing Muscadine wines:
  America (Country Appellation)
  Alabama (State Appellation)
  Arkansas (State Appellation)
  Florida (State Appellation)
  Georgia (State Appellation)
  Louisiana (State Appellation)
  Mississippi (State Appellation)
  North Carolina (State Appellation)
  South Carolina (State Appellation)
  Tennessee (State Appellation)
  Texas (State Appellation)
  Virginia (State Appellation)
caption: Some muscadines in a bowl; the green grapes are scuppernongs
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