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GREENBRIER FAMILY
(SMILACACEAE)
 
Bird food:  Fruits eaten by bluebirds, catbirds, cedar waxwings, crows, mockingbirds, robins, thrashers, thrushes, wild turkeys, woodpeckers, others
 
Wildlife food:  Fruits eaten by many small mammals; foliage browsed by white-tailed deer.
 
Wildlife shelter:  good cover and nesting sites
 
 
name
 
area
flower
& fruit
 
season
 
other

Wild-bamboo
  Smilax auriculata
NCSwhitish-green
black
Sp
FW
p, v
Wild sarsaparilla vine
  Smilax glauca
NCyellowish-green
black
Sp
FW
p, v
Catbrier
  Smilax laurifolia
NCSgreen
red-black
SpSu
 
p, v
Lanceleaf greenbrier
  Smilax smallii
NCSwhitish-green
black
SpSuF
FW
p, v
Coral greenbrier
  Smilax walteri
NCyellow-brown
red
Sp
FW
p, v
Codes: N=north
C=central
S=south
Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter
a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine
i=invasive
 
ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans

 
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