Sarsaparilla

Genus: Smilax

Description:

Green vine with thorny projections. Less than the thickness of a pencil. Could it be a type of Greenbrier Vine?

Habitat:

Rural SW Pennsylvania

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ric3 11 years ago

Smilax

Smilax sp

2 Comments

Elton_Wizard 11 years ago

Thanks Ric3. I had no idea it was the famous Sassparilla (sic). Cool.

Ric3 11 years ago

Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys and smilaxes. "Sarsaparilla" (also zarzaparrilla, sarsparilla). This was in Wikipedia also. So you are in the ball park. I know it just as Smilax when I work w/ it at a Preserve I vol at down here in FL.