DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Smilax laurifolia | Laurelleaf Greenbrier 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Laurelleaf greenbrier grows along the Gulf and southeastern Atlantic
coastal plains of the United States.  Its range extends from central New
Jersey, south to southern Florida, and west to eastern Texas.  Inland,
its range extends north from the Gulf Coast to Arkansas, and west from
the Atlantic Coast to eastern Tennessee.  Laurelleaf greenbriar also
grows in Cuba and the Bahamas [11].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES41  Wet grasslands


STATES : 
     AL  AR  FL  GA  MD  NJ  NC  SC  TN  TX
     VA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BICY  BITH  CALO  COSW  CUIS  EVER
     GUIS  HOSP  NATR  RICH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K080  Marl - everglades
   K089  Black belt
   K092  Everglades
   K105  Mangrove
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest
   K114  Pocosin


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    73  Southern redcedar
    75  Shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    87  Sweetgum - yellow poplar
    92  Sweetgum - willow oak
    97  Atlantic white-cedar
    98  Pond pine
   100  Pondcypress
   102  Baldcypress - tupelo
   103  Water tupelo - swamp tupelo
   104  Sweetbay - swamp tupelo - redbay
   105  Tropical hardwoods


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Wells [27] cites laurelleaf greenbrier as a dominant in his pocosin
community type classification system.

Related categories for Species: Smilax laurifolia | Laurelleaf Greenbrier