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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex collina
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Nemopanthus and Ilex from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Longstalk Holly at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex collina
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Nemopanthus collinus
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ilex longipes
COMMON NAME:
Long-stalked Holly, Cherry Holly
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ilex collina
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex collina
FAMILY
Aquifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Nemopanthus collinus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ilex longipes
4215
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious
Habitat: In peats of bogs and seepages, on banks of cold, high elevation streams (less commonly on moist, rocky slopes in northern hardwood forests or mixed spruce-hardwood forests) at moderate to high elevations (1100-1800m), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Greenish-white
5-merous (4-merous?)
Usually unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bright red
Drupe
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