Smilax australis

Barbed-Wire Vine at Copmanhurst, NSW

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Identification history

	Smilax australis	3 Feb 2025	Tapirlord
	Araujia sericifera	21 Jan 2025	CarbonAI

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Several specimens across property, mostly in shaded areas and often near water eg upper edge of dam, high bank of creek. These pictures are mostly of young specimens. Locally it is known as lawyer vine, but common names being as precise as they are . . . ?

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MazzV wrote:

3 Feb 2025

I don't believe this to be Araujia sericifera, the leaves on the moth plant look softer and not coarse and tough as the leaves on this vine, (Sighting 4640383). I may have seen flowers, can't be sure, but if so, they would have been tiny (verging on unnoticeable) not moderately large and showy as depicted in the image at the Araujia sericifera link. (I would have particularly noticed any as prominent as those).

Tapirlord wrote:

3 Feb 2025

Native

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Location information

Places Copmanhurst, NSW

Sighting information

6 Abundance
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Climbers & Mistletoes Plants

Species information

Smilax australis Scientific name
Barbed-Wire Vine Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1497.1m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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