Hello all! I have two unknown vines growing in the slightly wooded area behind my house. Both are climbing and both have tendrils. We threw some old pumpkins back there last year but I am not sure if that is actually what one of these are. From my research my guess would be a grape vine and a pumpkin vine. We just bought this house in the fall of last year so we are unfamiliar with our new plants. We also have blackberries but I am confident they are not either of these vines. The possible grape vine comes out of a thick bark like structure similar to a small tree trunk. The first two pictures are of the suspected pumpkin vine. The leaves on the suspected pumpkin vine become less rigid on the edges as they grow. The next ones are from the suspected grape vine. Thanks!

First two, not pumpkins. Possibly some kind of berry or grape.
3rd is grape.
4th looks like a fig.
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I think most of what you show is some sort of grape. On the left side of the 4th photo is some pepper vine.

They all look like grapes. Did someone plant them?

They all look like Grapes to me too, a couple of possibilities:

Mustang Grape (Vitis mustangensis)
http://www.foragingtexas.com/2...

Muscadine (Vitis rotundifolia)
http://www.foragingtexas.com/2...

I have no idea if someone planted them. I never saw any berries or grapes when we moved in, but we moved in late fall. If they are grapes, would they be edible?

You will have to do a taste test. They will be small if they are wild but some are tasty and some are really sour.

In photo five isn't that a berry vine/leaves top center?

Yes, I see it too.

My first thought was Fox grape as @plantladylin suggested.
http://www.foragingtexas.com/2...
This plant grows where I live and the leaf shape is variable.

There is also a Mustang grape.
http://www.foragingtexas.com/2...

If you could take photos showing the back side of the leaves that might help. Also feel the back to see if they are 'furry' (sorry I don't know the botanical name for that).

Either way, these grapes grow because birds and other animals eat the grapes and deposit the seeds. There were some wild grapes near me that my neighbor found quite edible. When the county maintenance men were trimming back all the vegetation from along the fenceline at the school they never cut back the grapes as they recognized them as edible. I think if yours get enough sunlight the taste may be okay.

When someone plants grapes they usually plant in a very sunny location. Most of the time there will be some kind of support such as an arbor, trellis, etc.

I think I see Peppervine in there too, possibly Peppervine (Ampelopsis arborea) a Texas native:
https://aggie-horticulture.tam...
http://www.foragingtexas.com/2...
https://aggie-horticulture.tam...

What about the green seed-heads that look like Raspberry/Blackberry? There are about five in the lower center of photo five. Not a very clear picture and lots of plants to see through.

HamiltonSquare said:What about the green seed-heads that look like Raspberry/Blackberry? There are about five in the lower center of photo five. Not a very clear picture and lots of plants to see through.

Aha, I do see what you are referring to and it does look like fruits forming. I also see a dead twig/stem on the left with thorns! I bet there might be Wild Blackberry (Rubus cochinchinensis) or possibly Southern Dewberry (Rubus trivialis) growing in there with the grape vines.

A photo of Dewberry fruit for comparison at the bottom of this page:
http://centenaryarboretum.blog...

LOL, I just now notice too that there is white Salvia growing in amongst those vines, etc.

I missed the dead twig completely. Thorns and all.

plantladylin said:
LOL, I just now notice too that there is white Salvia growing in amongst those vines, etc.

I don't see any Salvia but I see leaves and flowers of Florida Betony.

Such an entertaining jungle! I wonder whether the original poster's question has been answered to satisfaction.

Yes. Entertaining. I had to ask what WITWIT for the badges meant. Sure fit for me. There is one more plant in there...............

be careful with wild grapes, left on their own they can kill a tree in a few short years. ps, the photo immediately looked more like a berry to me as well as opposed to a grape.