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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution
Smilacaceae	Smilax auriculata	Dune Greenbriar	Dunes on barrier islands, maritime scrub and thickets, dry sandy openings in maritime forests or sandhills (northward, as in the Carolinas, limited to sites near the coast).	E. NC (Dare County) south to s. FL and west to e. LA; Bahama Islands.
Smilacaceae	Smilax biltmoreana	Biltmore Carrionflower	Dry forests (such as dry pine ridges and chestnut oak forests) and moist forests.	The species is apparently limited to NC, SC, and GA, primarily in the Blue Ridge Escarpment region, with disjunct occurrences in Panhandle FL, s. AL, and allegedly c. KY and c. TN (Kartesz 2020).
Smilacaceae	Smilax bona-nox var. bona-nox	Stretchberry, Fringed Greenbriar, Catbriar, Tramp's-trouble	Dry to mesic forests and woodlands, bottomland and riparian forests, bluffs, hardwood flatwoods, pine flatwoods, prairies, old fields, fencerows, pastures, roadsides.	MD and MO south to s. FL and TX; also in e. and s. Mexico.
Smilacaceae	Smilax bona-nox var. littoralis	Maritime Catbriar	Dunes, maritime thickets, maritime forests.	E. VA south to c. FL, west to Panhandle FL and s. AL.
Smilacaceae	Smilax ecirrata	Upright Carrionflower	Forests.	N. OH, MI, WI, and s. MN south to w. VA, TN, s. IL, MO, and e. OK.
Smilacaceae	Smilax glauca	Whiteleaf Greenbriar, Wild Sarsaparilla	Dry to mesic forests and woodlands, bottomland and riparian forests, bluffs, hardwood flatwoods, pine flatwoods, prairies, old fields, fencerows, pastures, roadsides, uncommon in wetlands. One of the most ubiquitous plants in our region, and remarkable for its ecological amplitude.	NJ, c. PA, OH, IN, MO, and KS, south to c. peninsular FL and TX, and also in e. and s. Mexico.
Smilacaceae	Smilax havanensis	Havana Greenbriar, Chaney-vine	Pine rocklands, rockland hammocks, marl prairies, coastal hammocks (on sand).	S. FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Caymans, Hispaniola).
Smilacaceae	Smilax herbacea	Common Carrionflower, Smooth Carrionflower	Moist deciduous forests.	Centered in the Appalachian Mountains, from QC and ME west to MI, south to AL, GA, and TN.
Smilacaceae	Smilax hispida var. australis	Southern Bristly Greenbriar	Swamps, rich moist or dry forests and woodlands.	E. NC south to s. FL, west to e. TX.
Smilacaceae	Smilax hispida var. hispida	Bristly Greenbriar, Hellfetter, Chinaroot, Chaneyroot	Bottomland, riparian, and mesic upland forests, especially along brownwater rivers, and in other situations with relatively high pH and nutrients.	CT, NY, MN, and NE south to GA and ne. TX.
Smilacaceae	Smilax hugeri	Huger's Carrionflower	Moist deciduous forests.	S. NC and e. and c. KY south through SC, GA, and AL to Panhandle FL.
Smilacaceae	Smilax illinoensis	Illinois Carrionflower	Mesic forests.	MI west to MN, south to sw. OH, s. IN, s. IL, and e. MO.
Smilacaceae	Smilax lasioneura	Midwestern Carrionflower	Moist deciduous forests, hammocks, bluff forests, pine-oak hickory submesic forests and woodlands, rich beech-magnolia forests on lower slopes, perhaps only over mafic or calcareous rocks.	ON and MT south to w. VA (?), w. NC, Panhandle FL, MS, OK, and CO.
Smilacaceae	Smilax laurifolia	Blaspheme-vine, Bamboo-vine, Laurel-leaf Greenbriar	Pocosins, swamp forests, wooded seeps and bogs, swamps, and other wetlands, often with groundwater influence.	Primarily a Southeastern Coastal Plain species, from NJ south to s. FL, west to w. TN, AR, and e. TX, but with substantial distribution inland in the "hard-rock" provinces; Bahamas and Cuba.
Smilacaceae	Smilax leptanthera	Warm Springs Carrionflower	Moist forests.	So far as known, endemic to wc. GA (type locality is Warm Springs, Meriwether County, in the lower Piedmont).
Smilacaceae	Smilax pseudochina	Coastal Carrionflower	Pocosins, swamp forests, edges of pine savannas.	An Atlantic Coastal Plain endemic: NJ, se. PA, and DE south to e. GA.
Smilacaceae	Smilax pulverulenta	Downy Carrionflower	Moist to dry deciduous forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks.	Se. NY, se. and sc. PA, IN, MO, and e. KS south to NC, TN, and AR.
Smilacaceae	Smilax pumila	Sarsaparilla-vine, Dwarf Smilax	Mesic to dryish hammocks and bluffs, sandy forests along streams, northward primarily in maritime-influenced mainland forests.	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.
Smilacaceae	Smilax rotundifolia	Common Greenbriar, Bullbriar, Horsebriar	Dry-mesic to mesic forests and woodlands, bottomland and riparian forests, swamps, pond margins, bluffs, flatwoods, prairies, old fields, fencerows, pastures, roadsides.	NS, s. ON, nc. IL, and c. MO south to n. FL and e. TX.
Smilacaceae	Smilax smallii	Jacksonbriar	Bottomland and riparian forests, upland forests, hardwood flatwoods, pine flatwoods, wooded seeps, stream banks, roadsides.	Ne. NC (se. VA?) to c. peninsular FL, west to s. AR and e. TX, primarily on the Coastal Plain.
Smilacaceae	Smilax walteri	Coral Greenbriar, Red-berried Swamp Smilax	Swamp forests, bogs, wooded seeps, often where submersed for at least part of the year.	NJ south to c. peninsular FL and west to TN, AR, and TX.

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