Florida Native Plant Poetry & Haiku, Catbrier vine, Smilax spp.
Wednesday Florida native plant & wildflower haiku (short verse), Smilax spp. Florida Haiku, Wildflowers & Native Plant Art, Smilax spp. by Kevin Songer … wily cat brier scampers up tall long leaf pine hold tight sharp tip thorns … Catbrier provides the hungry hiker a quick energizing snack with its tender, tasty vine tips. Some sauté the green vine ends in butter and say the flavor resembles asparagus. Catbrier’s vines are loaded with thorns, making the mature, thickly vining plant a veritable evergreen barrier and providing wildlife with protected communal habitat.