Index / Search / Smilax illinoensis
§1 Plant
Smilax illinoensis Mangaly
vernacular Illinois greenbrier — species · Smilacaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Smilacaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Smilax
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 106 counties across 6 states/territories§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 106 counties across 6 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Calumet 55015
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SMIL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295028 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T16:37:38Z