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GREENBRIER FAMILY
(SMILACACEAE)
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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 |
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name |
area | flower
& fruit |
season |
other |
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Wild-bamboo
Smilax auriculata | NCS | whitish-green
black | Sp
FW | p, v |
Wild sarsaparilla vine
Smilax glauca | NC | yellowish-green
black | Sp
FW | p, v |
Catbrier
Smilax laurifolia | NCS | green
red-black | SpSu
| p, v |
Lanceleaf greenbrier
Smilax smallii | NCS | whitish-green
black | SpSuF
FW | p, v |
Coral greenbrier
Smilax walteri | NC | yellow-brown
red | Sp
FW | p, v |
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| 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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Florida Native Plants