| Smilax glauca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Smilacaceae |
| Genus: | Smilax |
| Species: | S. glauca
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| Binomial name | |
| Smilax glauca Walter 1788 not Mart. 1823
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Smilax glauca, the cat greenbriar[3] or catbriar is a woody vine in the family Smilacaceae. It is native to central and eastern portions of the United States as well as Mexico, where it is a common and conspicuous part of the forest vegetation.[2][4][5]
Smilax glauca has prickly stems and climbs by means of tendrils. Leaves are notably gray-glaucous to whitish beneath. It commonly inhabits wooded areas and fences and is often found growing with other species of Smilax. The plants tend to be evergreen in the more southern United States.[6][7][8]
- ^ https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.145550/Smilax_glauca
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Smilax glauca". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Killip, E. P. & C. V. Morton. 1936. Botany of the Maya Area: miscellaneous papers XII. A revision of the Mexican and Central American species of Smilax. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (12): 255–298, t. 1–11.
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 473 "Wild sarsaparilla, sawbrier Smilax glauca" Walter, Fl. Carol. 245. 1788.
- ^ "Smilax glauca". efloras.org. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Smilax glauca Walter under Conservation Plant Characteristics". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-05-30.