NameThatPlant.net: Ilex amelanchier

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Read more about Sarvis Holly at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

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

Ilex amelanchier

COMMON NAME:
Sarvis Holly

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ilam2_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

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

2588

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: Banks of blackwater creeks and rivers, clay-based Carolina bays, other pine flatwoods ponds with seasonally flooded hydrology, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Winter/SpringFall
Red
Drupe

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