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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
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Read more about Downy Winterberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Ilex verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-007:
Ilex verticillata FAMILY Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilex verticillata
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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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 (Spira, 2011).
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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 (Spira, 2011).
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Sam Pratt sbp_2119
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trees, Shrubs, Woody Vines of north Florida & adjacent GA & AL (Godfrey, 1988)
Ilex verticillata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 112-01-007:
Ilex verticillata
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilex verticillata
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Shrub
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Habitat: bogs, pocosins, swampy forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish-white
5-7 merous
5-7 sepals
5-7 petals
Usually unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p068
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p249
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p168
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p127
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p098
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p088
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p081
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p396
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p306
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p34
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p289
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p174
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p173
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