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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Smilax havanensis Jacq.
Chaney briar, Chaney-vine, China-brier, Prickly green-brier, Saw-brier

Smilax havanensis
Copyright by: Beryn Harty, 2015
Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden

Family: Smilacaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Vine

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles) and South Florida.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Smilax havanensis available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Smilax havanensis has been reported for the following 2 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Pineland

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Smilax havanensis
Copyright by: Beryn Harty, 2015
Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden
Smilax havanensis
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Smilax havanensis
Copyright by: Joe Montes de Oca via iNaturalist.
Smilax havanensis
Copyright by: Joe Montes de Oca via iNaturalist.