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§1 Plant
Smilax smallii Morong
vernacular lanceleaf 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
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 235 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -8 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- 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
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- 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 235 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Sumter 01119
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Okaloosa 12091
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Brooks 13027
- Burke 13033
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crisp 13081
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Greene 13133
- Harris 13145
- Heard 13149
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Lincoln 13181
- Madison 13195
- Murray 13213
- Muscogee 13215
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Randolph 13243
- Stephens 13257
- Stewart 13259
- Thomas 13275
- Treutlen 13283
- Walker 13295
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
Louisiana view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- 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 Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- 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. Bernard 22087
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Claiborne 28021
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Newton 28101
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
- Winston 28159
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SMSM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295625 ↗Record version
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