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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Smilax hispida
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    LILIALES
 FAMILY:   SMILACACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Smilax hispida
 AUTHORITY:  Muhl.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    BRISTLY GREENBRIER
    CATBRIER
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Smilax tamnoides hispida
 
 PLANTS CODE: SMHI
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
       THICKETS
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
        Other Central Types
           River Birch - Sycamore
           Silver Maple - American Elm
     SOUTHERN
        Bottomland
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           BROWN
   BUREAU          CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLAY            CLINTON         COLES
   COOK            CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      DEKALB          DEWITT
   DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          EDGAR           EDWARDS         FAYETTE
   FRANKLIN        FULTON          GALLATIN        GREENE          GRUNDY
   HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON       HENRY
   IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON       JERSEY
   JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE
   LIVINGSTON      LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MASON
   MASSAC          MENARD          MERCER          MONROE          MONTGOMERY
   MORGAN          MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY
   PIATT           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI         PUTNAM
   RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SALINE
   SANGAMON        SCOTT           SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON
   TAZEWELL        UNION           VERMILION       WABASH          WARREN
   WASHINGTON      WAYNE           WHITE           WHITESIDE       WILL
   WILLIAMSON      WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire   Serrate  Other
    LEAF VENATION:  Other
    LEAF SHAPE:     Ovate     Cordate     Deltoid     Hastate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Umbel
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow   Green
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Berry
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Stems are woody, usually conspicuously thorny, leaves deciduous;
     species is minutely serrulate. Older stems are covered with
     numerous crowded spines, presenting a very bristly appearance.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Liana
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Unisexual   -dioecious
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in low woods in valleys.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A.  1952.  The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the
     northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.  3 vols.  The New York
     Botanical Garden, New York.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Smilax hispida
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015