Smilax pumila Walter. clade: B4. Sarsaparilla-vine, Dwarf Smilax. Phen: Oct-Nov; Jan-Apr (and persisting). Hab: Mesic to dryish hammocks and bluffs, sandy forests along streams, northward primarily in maritime-influenced mainland forests. Dist: 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.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: This unusual Smilax is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental ground-cover.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FNA26, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, S13, Tx, WH3, Bullard & Allen (2013), Coker (1944), Judd (1998)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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© Alan Cressler: smilax pumila, yuchi wildlife management area, burke county, georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Smilax pumila, Highway 135, Montgomery County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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