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Ilex verticillata, the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. [3] [4] Other names that have been used include black alder, [5] [6] Canada holly, [5] coralberry, [6] fever bush, [7] Michigan holly, [6] or ...
The plants are generally slow-growing with some species growing to 25 m (82 ft) tall. The type species is the European holly Ilex aquifolium described by Linnaeus. [2] Plants in this genus have simple, alternate glossy leaves, frequently with a spiny leaf margin. The inconspicuous flower is greenish white, with four petals.
The following species and natural hybrids in the flowering plant genus Ilex, the hollies, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. [1] Ilex has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus.
Ilex laevigata: smooth winterberry Aquifoliaceae (holly family) Ilex longipes: Georgia holly Aquifoliaceae (holly family) Ilex montana: mountain winterberry Aquifoliaceae (holly family) Ilex myrtifolia: myrtle-leaved holly Aquifoliaceae (holly family) Ilex opaca: American holly Aquifoliaceae (holly family) Ilex verticillata: common winterberry
Ilex verticillata (American winterberry), native to eastern North America Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
Ilex aquifolium is the species of holly long associated with Christmas, and previously the Roman festival of Saturnalia. Its glossy green prickly leaves and bright red berries (produced only by the female plant) are represented in wreaths, garlands and cards wherever Christmas is celebrated.
Ilex mucronata is a deciduous shrub growing to 3 m (rarely 4 m) tall (or 6 to 10 feet high from the "Manual of Woody Landscape Plants" by Dr. Michael Dirr.) The leaves are alternate, simple, elliptic to oblong, (1 to 2.5" long and 3/4's as wide) 1.5–7 cm long and 1–3 cm broad, with an entire or finely serrated margin and an acute apex, and a 0.5–2 cm (1/4 to 1/2" long) petiole.
Ilex coriacea; Ilex glabra; Both are native to coastal areas in the United States from Virginia to Texas. They exist primarily as understory plants in pine woods, and are stimulated by regular controlled burning. They have been widely planted north of their native range and to some extent in Europe, preferring moist, but not waterlogged, acidic ...