Greenbrier

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Credit Illustration from "Cyclopedia of American horticulture," 1906, MacMillan, NY

  The thick, knotty, underground "stems" (rhizomes) of Greenbrier (Smilax) are tough. The vine is hard to elimnate, once it is established.