This native vine or climber
is commonly known as
barbed-wire vine.
Smilax australis
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Smilacaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Flowering Yengarie May 2016, Mount Urah May 2017.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 48 Fraser Coast localities: Booral, Dundowran Beach, Dundathu, River Heads, Dundowran, Craignish, Burrum River, Takura, Toogoom, Duckinwilla, Nikenbah, Urraween, Tiaro, K'gari, Howard, Kawungan, Bauple Forest, Glenwood, Mount Urah, Burrum Heads, Poona, Tuan Forest, Granville, Bidwill, Magnolia, Teddington, Yerra, Gigoomgan, Bauple, Glenorchy, Gunalda, Malarga, Talegalla Weir, Tinnanbar, Boompa, Owanyilla, Doongul, St Mary, Eli Waters, Boonooroo Plains, Tinana, Urangan, Woocoo, Yengarie, Antigua, Point Vernon, Kanigan, Gootchie.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
