PLANTS Profile for Smilax glauca (cat greenbrier)

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Smilax glauca Walter
cat greenbrier

Symbol:

SMGL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Smilacaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Vine

Native Status:

L48

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Smilax glauca Walter

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Synonyms:
Smilax glauca Walter

	SMGLG2	Smilax glauca Walter var. genuina S.F. Blake
	SMGLL	Smilax glauca Walter var. leurophylla S.F. Blake

Distribution:
Smilax glauca Walter


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, WY)

Related Taxa:
Smilax glauca Walter

View 1 genera in Smilacaceae, 26 species in Smilax

Classification:
Smilax glauca Walter

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Smilacaceae – Catbrier family
Genus	Smilax L. – greenbrier
Species	Smilax glauca Walter – cat greenbrier

Wetland Indicator Status:
Smilax glauca Walter

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FACU

FAC

FACU

FAC

UPL*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Smilax glauca Walter

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Low		Low				Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Smilax glauca Walter

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43342.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/05/2008 04:43 AM MDT