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sarsaparilla vine

Smilax pumila

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 46, February 50, March 53, April 92, May 65, June 42, July 35, August 34, September 45, October 61, November 38, December 39.
United States3,768
Alabama489
Georgia484
Mississippi458
Louisiana384
South Carolina266
Texas255
Arkansas16
West Virginia1

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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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