Index / Search / Smilax bona-nox
§1 Plant
Smilax bona-nox L.
vernacular saw greenbrier — species · Smilacaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Smilacaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Smilax
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 632 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–8.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 632 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Marion 05089
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Banks 13011
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bryan 13029
- Burke 13033
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Crawford 13079
- Crisp 13081
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Echols 13101
- Floyd 13115
- Grady 13131
- Hart 13147
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lamar 13171
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Miller 13201
- Mitchell 13205
- Monroe 13207
- Morgan 13211
- Newton 13217
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Peach 13225
- Pike 13231
- Randolph 13243
- Troup 13285
- Upson 13293
- Washington 13303
- Wilkes 13317
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Green 21087
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Ohio 21183
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Choctaw 28019
- DeSoto 28033
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Panola 28107
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Clay 29047
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
North Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Madison 37115
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Stanly 37167
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Anderson 45007
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Campbell 47013
- Chester 47023
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Giles 47055
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- White 47185
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Scott 51169
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SMBO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295574 ↗Record version
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