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3957

Shrub
Perennial

Native: subtropical Florida

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Waif(s)

Look for it in disturbed, acid, peaty soil, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale green
Radially symmetrical
4-merous
4 sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary compound umbels

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Bright red
Drupe

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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Celastrales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crossopetalum ilicifolium FAMILY Celastraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crossopetalum ilicifolium FAMILY Celastraceae

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

COMMON NAME:
Holly-leaf Rhacoma, Christmasberry, Quailberry

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image of Crossopetalum ilicifolium, Holly-leaf Rhacoma, Christmasberry, Quailberry

Keith Bradley kab_c_ilicifol1_kb72035_1

December Miami-Dade County FL

Navy Wells Pineland Preserve

Leaf margins spiny-toothed, coriaceous, per Weakley's Flora.

"We gardeners should be careful not to come between native birds and their partners, native plants. We've planted a number of nonnative species that are invading and degrading the wild habitats upon which birds depend. For example, Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) has aggressively formed monocultures across the US, and although birds readily consume its fruits, it is replacing once-diverse native food sources, including dogwoods and viburnums, limiting the nutritious variety of foods that were historically available throughout the year." — Janet Marinelli, The Wildlife Gardener's Guide