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Eastern White Pine,
Pinus strobus
Mature seed cones cylindrical, elongated; cone scales without prickles, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Longleaf Pine,
Pinus palustris
Cones 15-25cm, with short stout prickles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
Loblolly Pine,
Pinus taeda
Mature seed cones ovoid to conical, dull brown, armed w very sharp prickles, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Pitch Pine,
Pinus rigida
Cones with a wide flat base when open; prickles sharp, downcurved, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
Shortleaf Pine,
Pinus echinata
Mature seed cones almost stalkless; the prickles often deciduous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Spruce Pine,
Pinus glabra
Mature seed cones conical-elliptical, scales with small deciduous prickles, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Spruce Pine,
Pinus glabra
Cone scales have minute prickles and a faint horizontal ridge, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Virginia Pine,
Pinus virginiana
Seed cones maturing in 2 yrs, persisting to 5 yrs, w slender, stiff prickles, per Flora of North America.
Saw Palmetto,
Serenoa repens
Stem horizontal, atop or just below soil surface. Petioles often w prickles, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Common Carrionflower,
Smilax herbacea
Stem herbaceous, lacking prickles. Plant vine-like, climbing or sprawling, per Weakley's Flora.
Midwestern Carrionflower,
Smilax lasioneura
Stem herbaceous, lacking prickles. Plant vine-like, climbing or sprawling, per Weakley's Flora.
Biltmore Carrionflower,
Smilax biltmoreana
Stem herbaceous, lacking prickles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Huger's Carrionflower,
Smilax hugeri
Plants erect [not vine-like, climbing or sprawling], lacking prickles, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Greenbrier,
Smilax rotundifolia
Stem woody, usually with prickles. Plant climbing, ascending or trailing, per Weakley's Flora.
Fringed Greenbrier,
Smilax bona-nox var. bona-nox
Stems (especially the lower) and prickles brownish stellate-scurfy, per Weakley's Flora.
Bristly Greenbrier,
Smilax hispida var. hispida
Prickles are round, pliant and bristlelike, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
Bristly Greenbrier,
Smilax hispida var. hispida
Prickles of the stem abundant, thin and needle-like, shiny brown or black, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
Bamboo-vine,
Smilax laurifolia
Prickles of the stem broad-based and awl-like or catclaw-like, green brown or black, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Jackson-brier,
Smilax smallii
Upper stem greenish with sparse 3-4mm prickles, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
Dwarf Smilax,
Smilax pumila
Stem woody, lacking prickles. Plant rarely greater than 0.5m tall, per Weakley's Flora.
Japanese Hops,
Humulus scandens
Stems are covered with downward pointing prickles, per Invasive Exotic Plants of North Carolina (Smith, 2008).
Arrowleaf Tearthumb,
Persicaria sagittata
Sharp backward-turned prickles on stems & midveins of leaf undersides, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
Asiatic Tearthumb,
Persicaria perfoliata
Stem, petioles, lower surface of major leaf veins w abundant recurved prickles, per Weakley's Flora.
Wineberry,
Rubus phoenicolasius
Twigs and stems bristle with red, glandular hairs, with some prickles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
Black Raspberry,
Rubus occidentalis
Pedicels with stout curved prickles, per Weakley's Flora.
European Blackberry,
Rubus bifrons
Branches and pedicels of floricanes armed w strong flattened prickles, per Weakley's Flora.
European Blackberry,
Rubus bifrons
Prickles nearly straight, stems glabrescent, leaves grayish-tomentose beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
Chesapeake Blackberry,
Rubus pascuus
Inflorescence cymose-paniculate; floricane branches & pedicels armed w strong flattened prickles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Chesapeake Blackberry,
Rubus pascuus
Prickles recurved, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Allegheny Blackberry,
Rubus allegheniensis var. allegheniensis
Prickles nearly straight, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
Common Dewberry,
Rubus flagellaris
Stems armed with stout-based and usually recurved prickles (bristles lacking), per Weakley's Flora.
Common Dewberry,
Rubus flagellaris
Primocanes with 3-5 prickles per cm of length, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Southern Dewberry,
Rubus trivialis
Stem bristling with straight red-purplish hairs along w reddish [prickles], per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Cherokee Rose,
Rosa laevigata
Stout recurved prickles, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
Multiflora Rose,
Rosa multiflora
Stems are green and armed with stout curved prickles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
McCartney Rose,
Rosa bracteata
Twigs hairy, stipitate-glandular, with strong curved prickles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
McCartney Rose,
Rosa bracteata
Leaflets 5-9. Twigs hairy with strong recurved prickles, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
Swamp Rose,
Rosa palustris
Prickles stout, curved and hooked, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Carolina Rose,
Rosa carolina ssp. carolina
Armed w sharp, mostly straight prickles at right angles to stem & branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Carolina Rose,
Rosa carolina ssp. carolina
Stems with straight needle-like prickles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
Littleleaf Sensitive-briar,
Mimosa microphylla
Plant typically with numerous prickles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Northern Toothache Tree,
Zanthoxylum americanum
Twigs reddish-brown or gray; broadbased prickles mostly paired at nodes, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
Devil's Walkingstick,
Aralia spinosa
The trunk has strong prickles, unless quite large, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
Devil's Walkingstick,
Aralia spinosa
Leaf scar nearly encircles twig, often w a row of prickles surrounding it, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
Carolina Horsenettle,
Solanum carolinense var. carolinense
Scattered but sharp prickles and leaves with shallow lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Wetland Nightshade,
Solanum tampicense
Leaves to 10" long and 3" wide, wavy along margins, with prickles on veins, per www.invasive.org.
False Baby's Breath,
Galium mollugo
Flowers in a loose forked panicle. The plant erect and without prickles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Prickly Lettuce,
Lactuca serriola
Mostly smooth-stemmed with copious fine prickles on leaf margins and midrib, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Canada Thistle,
Cirsium arvense
Involucres are smooth or, at most, have minute prickles on outer bracts, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).