Index / Search / Smilax glauca
§1 Plant
Smilax glauca Walter
vernacular cat 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
· 863 counties across 25 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
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -13 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Gray-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
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- 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 863 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- 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
- DeKalb 01049
- 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 ↗ 54 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Seminole 12117
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Barrow 13013
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Coweta 13077
- Crisp 13081
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Elbert 13105
- Fannin 13111
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Habersham 13137
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Johnson 13167
- Lamar 13171
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Lumpkin 13187
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Mitchell 13205
- Morgan 13211
- Newton 13217
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Peach 13225
- Pierce 13229
- Pike 13231
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Thomas 13275
- Towns 13281
- Treutlen 13283
- Troup 13285
- Union 13291
- Walker 13295
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- White 13311
- Wilcox 13315
Illinois view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Greene 18055
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Orange 18117
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
Kentucky view state ↗ 94 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Butler 21031
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Green 21087
- Greenup 21089
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- Martin 21159
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Choctaw 28019
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Grenada 28043
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Perry 28111
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
Missouri view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Butler 29023
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Clay 29047
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Madison 29123
- Monroe 29137
- Perry 29157
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Moore 37125
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashland 39005
- Athens 39009
- Brown 39015
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Hamilton 39061
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lucas 39095
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Summit 39153
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Anderson 45007
- Barnwell 45011
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Horry 45051
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Chester 47023
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 87 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
West Virginia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SMGL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295374 ↗Record version
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