Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax bona-nox var. littoralis
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Compared with var. bona-nox, var. littoralis is not a high-climber; it tends to scramble over the ground or on shrubs. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax bona-nox
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-005?:
Smilax bona-nox
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Maritime Catbrier, Maritime Saw Greenbrier
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smbo2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_smbo2_004_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax bona-nox var. littoralis
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax bona-nox
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-005?:
Smilax bona-nox
FAMILY
Liliaceae
4308
Woody vine
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
Look for it on dunes, in maritime thickets, maritime forests (dry maritime habitats), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually armed with prickles
LEAVES:
Deciduous/Partially evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green/Brownish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
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