Smilax hispida Raf.

Tangled viny masses to 3 m. or more in shrubs*. The
lower 1-1.5 m. of stem very spiny, the leafy and flower-
ing portion unarmed.
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less, green;
te; tepals and stigmas
stigmas greeni
turning auarpTish.
16787-b)Sept. 13, 1979. Fruit abundant, very dark blue-
green, almost black.
Brushy railroad right-of-way with Dioscorea villosa, Ulmus
americana, Corylus americana, Populus tremuloides, Rubus
cf. allegheniensis.
WISCONSIN: Richland Co., 3 miles SE of Richland Center.
T 10 Nj R 1 E; NEiNW* sec. 35.	alt. 215 m.
Coll.! M. Nee
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