It's about 4 foot tall. Only two lone stalks. Looked a bit like asparagus. But the cluster and sturdy main stem didn't seem like Smilex to me. But I could be entirely mistaken.
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost
It does look like some kind of Smilax.
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