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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex ambigua
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
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Read more about Carolina Holly at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex ambigua
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-006a:
Ilex ambigua var. ambigua
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ilex beadlei
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Holly
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JK Marlow jkm170510_793
May Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Flowers mostly in axils of leaves on lateral short-shoots, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm170510_794
May Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm170510_818
May Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Lvs elliptic to broadly ovate, often nearly round, teeth usually inconspicuous, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0449
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0453
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0455
May Greenville County SC
Petiole w U-shaped channel above, white appressed trichomes in the channel, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0456
May Greenville County SC
Leaves may be glabrous or densely hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm210516_0458
May Greenville County SC
Pistillate flowers with ciliate corolla lobes, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmibeadlei_tc1
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmibeadlei_tc2
May
Flowers ~ 1/4" in diameter in axillary clusters; sepals w marginal hairs, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm210624_1567
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160919_015
September Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Lf margin finely serrate, tip usually obtuse to acuminate, not long-tapered, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm160919_016
September Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
Fruits 5-9mm across, on short pedicels, per Trees of the Southeastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm160919_019
September Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ilex_ambigua
October
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JK Marlow jkm211112_4901
November Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex ambigua
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex ambigua
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-006a:
Ilex ambigua var. ambigua
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ilex beadlei
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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in sandy upland forests, dry slope forests, rarely in pocosin ecotones in the fall-line sandhills region, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish-white
Usually unisexual
4-merous (5-merous?)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p088
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p074
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p307
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p34
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p174