Red-berried Swamp Smilax Smilax walteri

Coral Greenbrier is a deciduous woody vine in the greenbrier family. It grows quickly from an elongated rhizome using tendrils.  It is found along pond margins and stream banks, and other places that are submersed for at least part of the year. In nature, it is specifically found in swamp forests and bogs where it is submersed for at least part of the year. This plant is heat tolerant. This plant produces red berries that persist into winter and is the only North Carolina Smilax with red fruit.

The species is not self-fertile as individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required. It spreads primarily by rhizomes.