Index / Search / Smilax laurifolia
§1 Plant
Smilax laurifolia L.
vernacular laurel 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
· 325 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 45–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7
- 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
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Fall
- 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
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 325 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Franklin 01059
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hendry 12051
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Barrow 13013
- Bartow 13015
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- DeKalb 13089
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Forsyth 13117
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Hart 13147
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Monroe 13207
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pierce 13229
- Pike 13231
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Tattnall 13267
- Toombs 13279
- Treutlen 13283
- Turner 13287
- Upson 13293
- Walton 13297
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
Louisiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Choctaw 28019
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Holmes 28051
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Walthall 28147
- Washington 28151
- Winston 28159
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SMLA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295268 ↗Record version
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