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§1 Plant

Smilax pseudochina L.

vernacular bamboo vine — species · Smilacaceae


USDA
SMPS
GBIF
5295746
Rank
species
bamboo vine (Smilax pseudochina)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain 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

· 60 counties across 10 states/territories
Legend Native · 60 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 60 counties across 10 states/territories.

Delaware view state ↗ 3 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N
New York view state ↗ 4 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 10 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N
Virginia view state ↗ 15 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/SMPS ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/5295746 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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