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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Ilex opaca
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex opaca var. opaca
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-001:
Ilex opaca
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ilex opaca
COMMON NAME:
American Holly, Christmas Holly
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ilex_opaca_4
January
Fruit a nearly globose drupe, maturing in autumn & persisting til flowering, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow s080301_a
March Charleston County SC
Santee Coastal Reserve
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140418_122225
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaf blades stiff, leathery, margins wavy to sharply spine-toothed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm080510_004
May Greenville County SC
Female flowers have ovaries and sterile stamens.
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JK Marlow jkm080510_014
May Greenville County SC
Male flowers have fertile stamens and lack ovaries.
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Keith Bradley kab_ilex_opaca_6309
May Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmiopaca_home
July Anderson County SC
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Paul Thompson pstilex_opaca
September?
Leaf margins are cupped downward. — Clemson Extension
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JK Marlow jkm0212b_17
December Greenville County SC
Our only Ilex species that becomes a medium to large tree, per Weakley's Flora.