OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 2 taxa in the family Asparagaceae, Asparagus family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon Common Name: Garden Asparagus, Sparrowgrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Asparagus officinalis   FAMILY: Asparagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Asparagus officinalis   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Asparagus officinalis 041-01-001   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Commonly cultivated, commonly escaped to fencerows, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sprenger’s Asparagus-fern, Emerald-fern

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Asparagus aethiopicus   FAMILY: Asparagaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Asparagus aethiopicus   FAMILY: Liliaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, seeding down especially around plantings, especially commonly planted in coastal areas; sometimes epiphytic in palm boots

Rare

Non-native: southern Africa

 


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"Our natural vegetation has been here longer than any one of us, yet we often take this natural splendor for granted. We have carelessly littered the roadsides and have destroyed vegetation through carelessness and deliberate acts." — John M. Barry