OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax rotundifolia   FAMILY Smilacaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax rotundifolia   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Smilax rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-004:

Smilax rotundifolia   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The woody Smilaxes of the United States (Coker, 1944)

Smilax rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Smilax rotundifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier


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image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_smro_001_lvd

        

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_smro_004_lvd

        

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    s050126_ab

January    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

A high-climbing glabrous vine, often attaining heights of more than 10m, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    s050126_c

January    Greenville County    SC

Leaf apex acute or acuminate. Leaf base rounded, cordate or truncate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    jkm120407_782

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Stems green, coarse, sharply to obscurely quadrangular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    s040419_d

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    jkm060506_134

May    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Leaves thin, subcoriaceous [that is, somewhat or almost coriaceous], per Weakley's Flora.

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    jkm060525_004

May    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Flowers in axillary umbels, perianth greenish, campanulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    jkm060525_010

May    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Peduncles 0.5-1.5cm long; pedicels of staminate flwrs 5-12mm, pistillate 3-7mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0248

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0250

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0252

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    s060525_a

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbrier, Common Catbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier

JK Marlow    s060525_b

May    Greenville County    SC

Stem woody, usually with prickles. Plant climbing, ascending or trailing, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax rotundifolia   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax rotundifolia   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Smilax rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-004:
Smilax rotundifolia   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The woody Smilaxes of the United States (Coker, 1944)
Smilax rotundifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smilax rotundifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1402

Woody vine
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic forests and woodlands, bottomland and riparian forests, swamps, pond margins, bluffs, flatwoods, prairies, old fields, fencerows, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually armed with broadbased prickles

LEAVES:
Deciduous/Partially evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in axillary umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bluish-black
Berry

 

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