Smilax maritima

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Liliales/Smilacaceae/Smilax

At a glance

Occurrence records5

Data sources5

Biological traits89

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections2

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Smilax maritima's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources89 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF5 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

01Narrative

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No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTUSDATRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height0.3 m

Seed mass35.13 mg

Life cycle & reproduction25

Bloom periodSpring

Coppice potentialNo

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flower colourgreen

Flower conspicuousNo

Fruit seed period beginSummer

Fruit seed period endFall

Growth rate USDARapid

Life formtuberous hydrogeophyte

Life spanperennial

Lifespan categoryLong

Propagated by bare rootYes

Propagated by bulbNo

Propagated by containerYes

Propagated by cormNo

Propagated by cuttingsNo

Propagated by seedYes

Propagated by sodNo

Propagated by sprigsNo

Propagated by tubersNo

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Resprout abilityYes

Seed spread rateSlow

Seedling vigorHigh

Vegetative spread rateRapid

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment23

Active growth periodSpring and Summer

Adapted to coarse textured soilsYes

Adapted to fine textured soilsYes

Adapted to medium textured soilsYes

BloatNone

Climatetemperate

Climberfacultative

Epiphyteterrestrial

Foliage colorGreen

Foliage porosity summerModerate

Foliage porosity winterModerate

Foliage textureCoarse

Fruit colourblack

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Climber

Growth form USDAThicket Forming

Hedge toleranceLow

Known allelopathNo

Leaf retentionYes

Low growing grassNo

Root depth min12 in

Shape and orientationClimbing

Small grainNo

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry18

Anaerobic toleranceHigh

Caco3 toleranceLow

Cold stratification requiredYes

Drought toleranceLow

Fertility requirementLow

Fire resistantNo

Fire toleranceMedium

Frost free days min180 days

Moisture useMedium

Nitrogen fixation levelNone

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Precipitation max60 in

Precipitation min40 in

Salinity toleranceNone

Shade toleranceLow

Soil pH max7 pH

Soil pH min4 pH

Temperature min-8 °F

Uses & economy14

Berry nut seed productNo

Christmas tree productNo

Commercial availabilityNo Known Source

Fodder productNo

Lumber productNo

Naval store productNo

Nursery stock productNo

Palatable browse animalHigh

Palatable graze animalMedium

Palatable humanNo

Post productNo

Pulpwood productNo

ToxicityNone

Veneer productNo

Other traits6

Fall conspicuousNo

Fruit seed abundanceMedium

Fruit seed conspicuousYes

Fruit seed persistenceYes

Planting density max10 912 per acre

Planting density min2 728 per acre

05DNA & barcoding2 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Smilax maritima has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections2

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type5 records

Museum / vouchered5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO20 km²

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤10 km 1

4 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Tempe, US	2
Dekalb, US	1
Wlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1

4 institutions · 5 of 5 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Smilax maritima was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median11.8 °C 11.8–11.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.4 °C

Max temp (day)16.8 °C

Min temp (night)8.20 °C

Precipitation79.4 mm/mo

Air humidity57.0 %

Moisture balance-1.80 mm/mo

Vapour deficit594 Pa

Wind speed4.40 m/s

Cloud cover50.3 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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