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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ilex decidua   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex decidua   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ilex decidua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematic study of Ilex ambigua, Ilex decidua and related taxa (Krakow, 1989)

Ilex decidua var. decidua

INCLUDING Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)

Ilex decidua var. decidua

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Ilex decidua

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-004a:

Ilex decidua var. decidua   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ilex decidua

 

COMMON NAME:
Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly


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image of Ilex decidua, Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_705

        

image of Ilex decidua, Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmidecidua_far2b

April-May?    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

Flowers similar to other hollies; petals and sepals usually 4, rarely 5, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Ilex decidua, Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly

JK Marlow    jkm0506l_16

June    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Ilex decidua, Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly

JK Marlow    jkm0506l_17

June    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

image of Ilex decidua, Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ilex_decidua_4

November        

image of Ilex decidua, Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ilex_decidua_5

November        

Drupes scarlet, lustrous, 6-8mm in diameter, on stalks 3-5mm long, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Ilex decidua, Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly

Ron Lance    rwl738_a

November        

Leaf blades widest above the middle, bases wedge-shaped, margins undulate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ilex decidua   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex decidua   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ilex decidua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematic study of Ilex ambigua, Ilex decidua and related taxa (Krakow, 1989)
Ilex decidua var. decidua

INCLUDING Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Ilex decidua var. decidua

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ilex decidua

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-004a:
Ilex decidua var. decidua   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilex decidua

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: floodplain forests, less commonly on mesic (or even dry), upland slopes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins crenate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red or rarely yellow
Drupe

 

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