Wild Grape

2013-02-02 Lower Austria, district Gnserndorf - Orth an der Donau, Danube National ParkGerman name: Wild-WeinrebeVery rare in Austria with distribution centre in Danube National Park - and even there rare, but here around Orth an der Donau locally more or less common (or rather: not uncommon!).

2009.08.08: Austria, Vienna XXII. district, 154 m AMSL, bush heath (Lobau Heisslnde): leaves, fall colour.Flowering in june (july).Very rare, endangered of becoming extinct in Austria but still a stable population in Lobau national park.German name: Wild-Weinrebe, Echter Wilder Wein, Wilder Weinstock.

2013-02-02 Lower Austria, district Gnserndorf - Orth an der Donau, Danube National ParkGerman name: Wild-WeinrebeForesters are calling them "black vines", as opposed to "white vines" Clematis vitalba - and indeed both are easily distinguished (and at a distance!) by their bark, which is light-brownish on the latter but very dark on the former one. So in order to find them in alluvial forests you are good advised to try in winter, when vines and their bark stick out and aren't hidden behind a thick leaf cover.