ToxicDo not eat
Canada moonseed
Menispermum canadense
Grape lookalike with no tendrils and a crescent seed. Fruit is poisonous.
- Marks
- No tendrils; peltate leaf; crescent seed
- Size
- Climbing vine
- Habitat
- Rich woods and creek banks.
- Season
- Fruit late summer–fall.
- Frequency
- common
A twining vine. Leaves are broad, often lobed, peltate (stem attaches in from the edge). Dark fruit looks like a wild grape but each holds one crescent-moon seed. No tendrils.
If this is the one
Never eat a ‘grape’ until you open a fruit and see several round seeds (grape) vs one moon seed.
Lookalikes
Wild grape
Vitis riparia / V. aestivalis
True grapes: peeling bark, forked tendrils, several pear-shaped seeds.
Low riskEdible when ripe