1398

Woody vine
Perennial
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common

Look for it in dry to mesic forests and woodlands, bottomland and riparian forests, bluffs, hardwood flatwoods, pine flatwoods, prairies, old fields, fencerows, pastures, roadsides; uncommon in wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Dry

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually armed with broadbased prickles

LEAVES:
Partially evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Brownish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bluish-black
Berry

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p290
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p232
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p052
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p356
• Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p44
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p439
• Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p21
• Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p314
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p140

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax glauca   FAMILY Smilacaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax glauca   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 041-02-007:
Smilax glauca   FAMILY Liliaceae