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§1 Plant

Smilax biltmoreana (Small) J.B.S. Norton ex Pennell

vernacular Biltmore's carrionflower — species · Smilacaceae


USDA
SMBI
GBIF
5295218
Rank
species
Biltmore's carrionflower (Smilax biltmoreana)
Platephotograph · Armin Weise source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Smilacaceae Vent.
Genus
Smilax
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 29 counties across 7 states/territories
Legend Native · 29 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 29 counties across 7 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SMBI ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5295218 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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