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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ilex curtissii   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex decidua   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ilex decidua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematic study of Ilex ambigua, Ilex decidua and related taxa (Krakow, 1989)

Ilex decidua var. curtissii

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Ilex decidua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ilex curtissii

 

COMMON NAME:
Suwanee Possumhaw, Curtiss's Holly


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image of Ilex curtissii, Suwanee Possumhaw, Curtiss's Holly

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ilde_001_lvd

        

image of Ilex curtissii, Suwanee Possumhaw, Curtiss's Holly

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ilde_006_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ilex curtissii   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ilex decidua   FAMILY Aquifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ilex decidua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematic study of Ilex ambigua, Ilex decidua and related taxa (Krakow, 1989)
Ilex decidua var. curtissii

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ilex decidua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ilex curtissii

 

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4952

Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Usually dioecious

Habitat: floodplains and moist forests in the Suwanee River drainage, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins crenate

FLOWER:
Spring
5-merous (4-merous?)
Usually unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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