Smilax tamnoides

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Smilax tamnoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Smilax hispida, Muhl. (S. Pseudo-china, Auth., not Linn.). Bamboo Brier. Fig. 3623. Rootstock short, woody, slow-growing, never spreading far: sts. clustered, high- climbing, 20-50 ft., green, densely spiny below, unarmed or nearly so above: spines straight, black, slender, usually most numerous at lower nodes, never on upper nodes: lvs. ovate, larger ones heart-shaped, deciduous: peduncle longer than the petiole. Conn. to Minn., south to N. C. and Texas, absent from the coast. B.B. (ed.2) 1:529. G.F. 5:53 (adapted in Fig. 3623) .—This is the only one of the northern species that does not spread rapidly by rootstocks; by proper attention to pruning this species will make an upright hedge-plant of merit. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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