Index / Search / Smilax walteri
§1 Plant
Smilax walteri Pursh
vernacular coral 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
· 201 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- 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
- 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
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 201 counties across 11 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Clarke 01025
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Geneva 01061
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lee 01081
- Marion 01093
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Pickens 01107
- Talladega 01121
- Washington 01129
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Clarke 13059
- Clayton 13063
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crawford 13079
- Crisp 13081
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Early 13099
- Effingham 13103
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Muscogee 13215
- Oconee 13219
- Peach 13225
- Pierce 13229
- Screven 13251
- Stewart 13259
- Tattnall 13267
- Thomas 13275
- Toombs 13279
- Treutlen 13283
- Ware 13299
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Bienville 22013
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Chatham 37037
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Durham 37063
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Lincoln 37109
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wilson 37195
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SMWA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295687 ↗Record version
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