PLANTS Profile for Smilax laurifolia (laurel greenbrier)

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Smilax laurifolia L.
laurel greenbrier

Symbol:

SMLA

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 laurifolia L.

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Synonyms:
Smilax laurifolia L.

SMME2

Smilax megacarpa Morong p.p.

Distribution:
Smilax laurifolia L.


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USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Smilax laurifolia L.

View 1 genera in Smilacaceae, 26 species in Smilax

Classification:
Smilax laurifolia L.

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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 laurifolia L. – laurel greenbrier

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Smilax laurifolia L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 3

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Smilax laurifolia L.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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 taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43345.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 05:11 AM CST