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sawbrier

Smilax glauca

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 111, February 119, March 131, April 214, May 277, June 138, July 111, August 108, September 130, October 120, November 100, December 102.
United States14,065
Virginia1,838
North Carolina1,499
Maryland1,245
Georgia1,091
New Jersey981
New York839
Alabama831
Tennessee826
Massachusetts578

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Orderlilies, supplejacks, and allies · Liliales
Familygreenbrier family · Smilacaceae
Genusgreenbriers · Smilax

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