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Smilacaceae
Smilax

not marked as a favorite taxon Smilax pumila Walter. Common name: Sarsaparilla-vine, Dwarf Smilax. Phenology: Oct-Nov; Jan-Apr (and persisting). Habitat: Mesic to dryish hammocks and bluffs, sandy forests along streams, northward primarily in maritime-influenced mainland forests. Distribution: Ne. SC (within a few hundred meters of Brunswick County, NC) to c. peninsular FL and west to TX. It occurs on Colkins Neck, along the NC-SC border, in maritime-influenced forests with southern affinities, now largely destroyed by golf-course development.

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clade: B4.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: This unusual Smilax is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental ground-cover.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tx, WH3, Bullard & Allen (2013), Coker (1944), Judd (1998). Basionym: Smilax pumila Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Smilax pumila - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
  • Great Plains: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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image #1 of Smilax pumila© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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image #3 of Smilax pumila© Alan Cressler: smilax pumila, yuchi wildlife management area, burke county, georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Smilax pumila© Alan Cressler: Smilax pumila, Highway 135, Montgomery County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Smilax pumila© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
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