Species determination requires minute examination of pubescence or lack thereof. Tying the bottomland canopy together is a network of Smilax and Rattan Vine or Supple-jack. Often the support dies, leaving free-standing corkscrews behind. If nothing else is available, the vines will twine around each other. Panicles of small, white flowers appear in spring.
Summer brings clusters of small, blue- black fruits.
Whatever the day, whatever the path, a trip to Lick Creek Park is always an experience, a chance to see something new.