Smilax herbacea

smooth carrion flower

Photograph(s) by*: RHW, RHW

Characteristics

Height: 3-9'
Flowers: Apr.-Jun.; greenish-yellow
Fruit: Jul.-Nov.; blue-black; berry

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Moist
Soil pH:
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy

Habitat

damp thickets, moist woods, and floodplains

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States:

Wildlife

*

Notes

herbaceous, climbing vine, not prickly; flower malodorous; male and female plants separate

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/2024.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004