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Read more about Downy Winterberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Aquifoliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-007:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Downy Winterberry, Black-alder
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ilve_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ilve_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0130
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0987
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm091017_126
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm091017_127
October Sumter County SC
Manchester State Forest
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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.
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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.
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Sam Pratt sbp_2119
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation