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Vitis riparia (wild grapevine endemic to the whole eastern side of North America, grows like a weed all over extremely disease resistant and cold hardy) and hyb

Vitis riparia (wild grapevine endemic to the whole eastern side of North America, grows like a weed all over extremely disease resistant and cold hardy) and hybrids with it also produce gum arabic from their spring pruning wounds: https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2015/dec/grape/ https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2015/dec/grape/ Combined with the high sugars in the fruit and this cellulose things, overall an extremely useful plant.

johnofthesea 1y ago
It is also used as grafted rootstock for Vitis vinifera in majority of vineyards (at least in Europe). BEcause of Phylloxera [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloxera#Fighting_the_%22phylloxera_plague%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloxera#Fighting_the_%22phy...