262 MISC. PUBLICATION 303, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
A high-climbing vine; grows well on poor soils including sand; does not 
spread by stolons. 
Observations: Wild turkey. 
Smilax lanceolata L. Coral greenbrier. 
S. cinnemomifolia Small. 
Range: 20, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available in September. 
A vigorous, evergreen vine; prickly or unarmed; rootstocks commonly fleshy ; 
production of fruit uncertain. 
Observations: Captive marsh rabbit. Browsed by cattle. 
Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel greenbriex. 
Range: 20, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, weil-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry, available August-September of the second season. 
A very vigorous, high-climbing evergreen vine; not thorny; commonly forms 
large entanglements; fruit very abundantly produced; rootstocks commonly 
bearing very large tubers which may be used for propagation purposes. 
Stomach records: Three species of birds. Observations: Refused by captive 
marsh rabbits. 
Smilax pseudochina L. Chinabrier. 
Range: 16, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
‘ruit: Berry. 
An evergreen vine; commonly occurs in sandy and other soils; rootstocks 
often bear iarge tubers. By some authorities considered identical with S. 
bona-nonr. 
Stomach records: Mockingbird. 
Smilax pumila Walt. Sarsparilla vine. 
Range: 20, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry, available in spring, persistent the year round. 
A trailing or low-climbing, unarmed vine; flowers in the fall. 
Observations: Captive marsh rabbit. 
Smilax renifolia Small. 
Range: 17, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A high-climbing dioecious vine. 
Smilax rotundifolia L. Catbrier. 
Range: 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available in October, persistent throughout the winter. 
A thicket-forming, evergreen, spiny vine; rootstocks tuberous, very long. 
Stomach records: Ten species of birds, including ruffed grouse. Observa- 
tions: Pileated woodpecker; captive marsh rabbit, opossum. 
Smilax walteri Pursh. Ceral greenbrier. 
Range: 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry, available September—October, persistent all winter, espe- 
cially southward. 
An unarmed, or rarely somewhat prickly vine; flowers in June. 
Stomach records: Two species of birds. Observations: Captive marsh rabbit. 
Solanum duleamara L. Bitter nightshade. 
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Site: Dry, weli-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry, available August—May. 
A thicket-forming vine; flowers May—September; introduced from Eurasia 
and more or less naturalized in the regions indicated; often only herbaceous; 
rot a dermatitic poison; berries not poisonous when cooked; often considered 
a weed. Species of Solanum commonly harbor the potato and tomato mosaic 
as well as potato stalk borer, Colorado potato beetle, onion thrip, and green- 
