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Smilax rotundifolia Linnaeus. clade: B5. Common name: Common Greenbriar, Bullbriar, Horsebriar. Phenology: Apr-May; Sep-Nov (and persisting). Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic forests and woodlands, bottomland and riparian forests, swamps, pond margins, bluffs, flatwoods, prairies, old fields, fencerows, pastures, roadsides. Distribution: NS, s. ON, nc. IL, and c. MO south to n. FL and e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FNA26, G, GW1, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Bullard & Allen (2013), Coker (1944), Judd (1998); > Smilax rotundifolia L. var. crenulata Small & A.Heller — S13; > Smilax rotundifolia L. var. quadrangularis (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood; > Smilax rotundifolia L. var. rotundifolia — S13. Basionym: Smilax rotundifolia L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Smilax rotundifolia - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Smilax rotundifolia (male flowers), Laurens County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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