Smooth Carrionflower

Smilax herbacea L. - Catbrier family

Size

Plant Type: Vine, Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Smooth Carrionflower: Acrolepiopsis incertella, Papaipema unimoda, Pseudogalleria inimicella

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
  • CAN:  New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.