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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex collina   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex collina   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Nemopanthus collinus

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Ilex longipes

 

COMMON NAME:
Long-stalked Holly, Cherry Holly


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex collina   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex collina   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Nemopanthus collinus

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ilex longipes

 

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4215

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: In peats of bogs and seepages, on banks of cold, high elevation streams (less commonly on moist, rocky slopes in northern hardwood forests or mixed spruce-hardwood forests) at moderate to high elevations (1100-1800m), per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish-white
5-merous (4-merous?)
Usually unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bright red
Drupe

 

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