2588

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Look for it on banks of blackwater creeks and rivers, clay-based Carolina bays, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White/Greenish-white
Usually unisexual
4-merous

FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p087
• Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide p075
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p306
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p176
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p247

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex amelanchier   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex amelanchier   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-005:
Ilex amelanchier   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae