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Often planted for riparian restoration.
Fruit is enjoyed by
coyote
,
opossum
, western spotted
skunk
, striped skunk,
wood duck
, band-tailed
pigeon
, California
quail
, and mountain bluebird, while black-tailed
deer
browse on the leaves and young stems.
California wild grape was used to save the European
wine
industry between 1870 and
1900
when most Vitis vinifera were killed by leaf- and root-attacking grape phylloxera
aphid
s (
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae
). Since then, nearly all commercial wine grapes grown anywhere in the world have been grafted onto
rootstock
s of resistant California wild grape
cultivar
s.
Trees such as valley
oak
and Fremont
cottonwood
often die after California wild grape climbs into their canopies.
Host of the western grapeleaf skeletonizer (a
moth
,
Harrisina brillians
, who could easily lend its name to a professional wrestler) which can decimate commercial vineyards.
Source: USDA Forest Service
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