Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Smilacaceae

Smilax - [maps | photos]

• Smilax bona-nox L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: saw greenbrier

• Smilax ecirrhata S. Watson
  Common Name: upright carrion flower

• Smilax glauca Walter
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: cat greenbrier

• Smilax herbacea L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: smooth carrion flower

• Smilax hugeri (Small) J.B.S. Norton ex Pennell
  Common Name: Huger's carrion flower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Smilax ecirrhata (Engelm. ex Kunth) S. Watson var. hugeri (Small) H.E. Ahles

• Smilax lasioneura Hook.
  Common Name: Blue Ridge carrion flower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Smilax herbacea L. var. lasioneura (Hook.) A.DC.

• Smilax laurifolia L. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: laurel greenbrier

• Smilax pulverulenta Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: downy carrion flower
  Synonyms:
  

         • Smilax herbacea L. var. pulverulenta (Michx.) Gray

• Smilax rotundifolia L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: roundleaf greenbrier

• Smilax tamnoides L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: bristly greenbrier
  Synonyms:
  

         • Smilax hispida Muhl. ex Torr.

• Smilax walteri Pursh
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: coral greenbrier

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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