Native to Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Macon
35.093611, -83.520556
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest road off old U.S. route 64 (highway 1448), SW of city of Franklin; near Standing Indian on trail to Wasilik Poplar. 1115 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Smilacaceae
Genus
Smilax
Specific Epithet
pulverulenta
Authorship
Michx.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#136,561 of 335,497
Top 41%
Extinction probability
13%