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Plant species within the Smilacaceae family are shown below. For quick access to family details, visit our Smilacaceae family page.

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Accepted Name

Smilax glauca

white-leaved greenbrier

Smilacaceae

Smilax

Perennial

Primarily in dry to dry-mesic oak dominated forests and forest edges. A plant restricted to the warmer and more southern parts of New York.

Vine

35435

Vascular

glauca

Walter

SMGL

FACU

Accepted Name

Smilax herbacea

common carrion flower

Smilacaceae

Smilax

Perennial

Mesic forests, forest edges, and thickets. Plants in dense shade often are small and remain vegetative. Populations generally consist of only a few individuals or small patches.

Vine, Forb/herb

35536

Vascular

herbacea

SMHE

FAC

Accepted Name

Smilax hispida

bristly greenbrier

Smilacaceae

Smilax

Perennial

Wet thickets, marshes, swamps, and mesic to wet forested sites. Populations are often relatively small in number.

Vine, Forb/herb

33617

Vascular

hispida

Raf.

SMHI

FAC

Accepted Name

Smilax lasioneura

midwestern carrion flower

Smilacaceae

Smilax

Perennial

Vine, Forb/herb

Vascular

lasioneura

Hook.

SMLA3

Accepted Name

Smilax pseudochina

coastal carrion flower

Smilacaceae

Smilax

Perennial

Herbaceous

9805

Vascular

pseudochina

Endangered-State

SMPS

FAC

Accepted Name

Smilax pulverulenta

powdery carrion flower

Smilacaceae

Smilax

Perennial

G4G5

Vine, Forb/herb

9806

Vascular

pulverulenta

Michx.

Endangered-State

SMPU2

FACU

Accepted Name

Smilax rotundifolia

common greenbrier

Smilacaceae

Smilax

Perennial

In dry to wet forests and forest edges of a south affinity; dry thickets and roadsides. It does particularly well in warm successional forests where it can dominate the understory and climb into the canopy. This species often forms large impenetrable thickets.

Vine

35348

Vascular

rotundifolia

SMRO

FAC

Listed Status:	(New York):Rare plants have been protected in New York State since 1933. After a long history of expanded protection efforts, the latest regulation was enacted in June 1989 and includes three rarity categories (endangered, threatened, and rare) and one non-rare protection category (exploitably vulnerable). Rare plants included on the list are protected under New York State Environmental Conservation Law section 9-1503. Part (f) of the law reads as follows: "It is a violation for any person, anywhere in the state to pick, pluck, sever, remove, damage by the application of herbicides or defoliants, or carry away, without the consent of the owner, any protected plant. Each protected plant so picked, plucked, severed, removed, damaged or carried away shall constitute a separate violation." Violators of the regulation are subject to fines of $25 per plant illegally taken. At this time, the Atlas only identifies those species listed as threatened or endangered.
Endangered: 5 or fewer extant sites, or fewer than 1,000 individuals, or restricted to fewer than 4 U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 minute topographical maps, or species listed as endangered by the U. S. Department of Interior, as enumerated in the Code of Federal Regulations 50 CFR 17.11.
Threatened: 6 to fewer than 20 extant sites, or 1,000 to fewer than 3,000 individuals, or restricted to not less than 4 or more than 7 U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 minute topographical maps, or listed as threatened by the U. S. Department of the Interior, as enumerated in the Code of Federal Regulations 50 CFR 17.11.
Rare: 20 to 35 extant sites, or 3,000 to 5,000 individuals statewide.
Exploitably vulnerable:	listed species are likely to become threatened in the near future throughout all or a significant portion of their range within the state if causal factors continue unchecked.

Listed Status: US	(U.S.) Source - List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Endangered:	Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Threatened:	Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

OBL:	Obligate Wetland. Occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW:	Facultative Wetland. Usually occurs in wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in non-wetlands.
FAC:	Facultative. Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands (estimated probability 34%-66%).
FACU:	Facultative Upland. Usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1%-33%).