Smilax glauca
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Smilax glauca |
| Common name: | cat greenbrier |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Smilacaceae |
| Growth type: | vine |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | climbing vine |
| Foliage: | alternate, simple, 2 to 4" long; with tendrils; leaves are whitened beneath |
| Flower: | greenish-white |
| Flowering time: | flowers late spring to early summer; dark nearly black berries with glaucous bloom follow |
| Habitat: | deciduous forests, abandoned fields, stream banks, forest margins |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |