OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex verticillata   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

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

Ilex verticillata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-007:

Ilex verticillata   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

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

Ilex verticillata

 

COMMON NAME:
Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"


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image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ilve_001_lvd

        

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ilve_004_lvd

        

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0130

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0974

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Staminate flowers 3-25, in short pedunculate cymes in the leaf axils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

JK Marlow    jkm210603_0987

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

JK Marlow    jkm0507g_10

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

Leaf base usually tapered, tip pointed, venation conspicuous, texture firm, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

JK Marlow    jkm091017_126

October    Sumter County    SC

Manchester State Forest

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

JK Marlow    jkm091017_127

October    Sumter County    SC

Manchester State Forest

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ilex_verticillata_2

October        

Dense clusters of bright red berries on short stalks, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

Sam Pratt    sbp_2118

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

A multi-stemmed shrub, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Ilex verticillata, Downy Winterberry, "Black Alder"

Sam Pratt    sbp_2119

October    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex verticillata   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Ilex verticillata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-007:
Ilex verticillata   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

742

Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: bogs, pocosins, swampy forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish-white
5-7 merous
5-7 sepals
5-7 petals
Usually unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe

 

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