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Greenbriers Smilax

The rated Smilax records split: 1 fire-resistant, 1 keep-away, 1 in documented conflict. These counts describe the cited records — 9 records carrying 39 evidence rows from 14 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.

Rated as a group: Greenbrier, Smilax, Catbrier Smilax spp. Keep away Consensus 2 sources rate the genus as a whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never override a species record.
Fire-resistant

1 species

Documented conflict

1 species

honest ties — treat conservatively near structures
Awaiting evidence

6 species

About greenbriers

Corpus context. Smilax is the directory's #76 largest of 550 genus groups: 9 records carrying 39 evidence rows from 14 cited sources, recorded as vine , hardy across USDA zones 3–6. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

Where rated greenbriers grow

Tagged as growing in 39 states.

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