Bristly Greenbrier
Scientific Name:Smilax tamnoides
Altenative names, synonyms, exist for this plant. See RPC Plant Details and check the refernce websites for additional information.
Synonym:Smilax hispida
Common Name Synonyms:Deadly Nightshade


NOTES: Green, monocotyledonous, woody vine; many black needles alternating in size near base of stem, fewer in middle of plant; newest growth often thornless. Leaves green on both sides. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants).

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Bristly Greenbrier
Genus species: Smilax tamnoides
     Synonym: Smilax hispida
Common Names: Black Nightshade
Deadly Nightshade
Family Name: Smilacaceae  
Perennial vines with tendrils or erect herbs, the woody vines with prickles; leaves alternate or whorled, simple, with 3-7 pairs of palmate veins converging at apex; flowers unisexual (plants dioecious), regular, in umbels; fruit a blackish or bluish berry (in our species).
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Vine
Flower Color:Green/Brown
Yellow
Identified by:A. Swanson

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